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PIAAC – Facts and impacts

PIAAC – Facts and impacts. Xeni Kristine Dimakos, Director, Head of the Research Department . Who’s in?.

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PIAAC – Facts and impacts

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  1. PIAAC –Facts and impacts Xeni Kristine Dimakos, Director, Head of the Research Department 

  2. Who’s in? • 24 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flandern), Canada, Czech republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovak republic, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA • Later: Chile, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Lithuania, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, Turkey (Data collection in 2013, results in 2016)

  3. What’s measured…

  4. … and how

  5. Compared to ALL and IALS

  6. PIAAC layout

  7. The reading components • Concept: The «meaning construction process of reading» is built upon a knowledge of how one’s language is represented in one’s writing system – that is, component print skills. • The tests measures ability and efficiency in prosessing elements of the written language • Also speed Word meaning Sentenceprocessing Passagecomprehension

  8. Sentence prosessing Passage comprehension Word meaning

  9. Background questionnaire • General information • Education and training • Current status and work history • Current or recent work • Skills used at work • Skill use literacy • Skill use numeracy, ict • About yourself • Background information

  10. More about education and training • Current and past completed education • Formal education and organized traning • Number of activities and estimated volume (time), last 12 months • Motivation, now and in the past • Workplace involvement

  11. Nordic activities • Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia • Cooperation and work financed by Nordic Council of Ministers • Will merge PIAAC and national data on micro level to create a unique nordic database • Researchers may apply for access • Nordic report in 2014

  12. International data • Data explorer: Statistics, figures and tables • PUF: Anonymized and slightly aggregated data on micro-level.

  13. Planned thematic papers, OECD • The use of skills in the workplace • Skills and labour marked outcomes • Skills mismatch • A loser look at the population with low levels of proficiency • Digital literacy, problem solving in TRE, ICT use • Trends, agin and the determinants of skills • Skills and participation patternes in adult education • Cognitive foundation skills of youth • Social outcomes of skills • Skills and GDP growth • The skills and qualifications of immigrangts

  14. Impacts Knowledge Policy Change

  15. Recommendation to EBSN • Be prepared! • Cooperate with the national coordinators of PIAAC • Use resources to convert knowledge to policy (BtB?)

  16. Example tasks

  17. Literacy, level 2

  18. Literacy, level 3

  19. Numeracy, level 3

  20. Problem solving in TRE, level 2

  21. Problem solving in Tre, level 4

  22. cont.

  23. Cont.

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