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Sadler & Associates Ltd

Sadler & Associates Ltd. Bureaucracy and literacy – measuring quality by quantity. ALPA 2012. What literacies count ? ALPA 2011. The literacies that count are those associated with productivity and efficiency. Assumption and focus.

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Sadler & Associates Ltd

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  1. Sadler & Associates Ltd Bureaucracy and literacy – measuring quality by quantity ALPA 2012

  2. What literacies count? ALPA 2011 • The literacies that count are those associated with productivity and efficiency Assumption and focus EMPLOYERS – literacy is linked to skills, employees thought of as human capital, focus on productivity ADMINISTRATORS – literacy is measurable, everyone knows how to fill in forms, marketplace driven, economics focus FUNDERS (TEC/MoE) – literacy is in crisis, it’s a vote catcher, good for GDP

  3. Issues and Opportunities • What does the tool really measure? • What is the information used for? • How does the economic view of literacy affect provision? • What else are we measuring? • What could we use this information for? • Where is the forum for championing other views?

  4. Our Focus In order to make decisions about investing in human capital, we should measure and monitor literacy rates using the national assessment tool.

  5. What do we lose by focusing on measurables?

  6. Increasingly, literacy is a term used in the language of economics “Strong adult literacy and numeracy skills deliver strong economic and social benefits to New Zealand.” TEC 2012 =

  7. Measurable? Economic benefits Social benefits Personal well-being Social development of individuals, whānauand communities Better health Better parenting Intergenerational advantage Higher earnings Workplace productivity Workplace safety Stable employment Success in qualifications Attaining workplace skills

  8. The language of measurement “By providing a direct measure of key cognitive skills in addition to measures of formal educational attainment, PIAAC will offer a far more complete and nuanced picture of the stock of human capital than has yet been available to policy makers in most OECD countries.” http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,3746,en_2649_201185_44378247_1_1_1_1,00.html

  9. The language of economics “ The Assessment Tool may be a valuable resource for recruitment agents, corporations or career services in developing holistic job-seeker profiles, identifying training needs and individualising development pathways. There could be business interest in paying an appropriate fee for access to the Assessment Tool.” TEC 2012

  10. Your reflections

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