Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

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international assessment programme large-scale international survey skills assessment survey

The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a large-scale international survey that measures adults’ skills in areas such as literacy, numeracy, and problem solving to inform education and labor policies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies canonical	2
International Adult Literacy Survey	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international assessment programme ⓘ large-scale international survey ⓘ skills assessment survey ⓘ
abbreviation	PIAAC ⓘ
administeredBy	OECD ⓘ OECD ⓘ surface form: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
aimsTo	assess key cognitive and workplace skills of adults ⓘ inform education policies ⓘ inform labour market policies ⓘ provide comparable data on adult skills across countries ⓘ
collects	background information on education ⓘ background information on employment ⓘ background information on socio-demographic characteristics ⓘ
dataType	direct assessment data ⓘ survey data ⓘ
developedBy	OECD Directorate for Education and Skills ⓘ
focusesOn	adult competencies ⓘ skills use at work ⓘ skills use in everyday life ⓘ
geographicScope	international ⓘ
hasComponent	literacy assessment ⓘ numeracy assessment ⓘ problem-solving assessment ⓘ
hasOutcome	country-level indicators of adult skills ⓘ microdata for research use ⓘ
language	multiple national languages ⓘ
measures	adult literacy skills ⓘ adult numeracy skills ⓘ problem solving in technology-rich environments ⓘ
policyRelevance	lifelong learning ⓘ skills mismatch analysis ⓘ workforce development ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfInstruments	English ⓘ
relatedTo	PISA ⓘ PISA ⓘ surface form: Programme for International Student Assessment
sponsoredBy	OECD member countries ⓘ
subjectArea	adult education ⓘ education statistics ⓘ labour market statistics ⓘ skills measurement ⓘ
supports	comparative analysis of adult skills ⓘ monitoring of adult learning outcomes ⓘ
targetPopulation	adults aged 16 to 65 ⓘ
timeCoverage	21st century ⓘ
usedBy	education authorities ⓘ labour market analysts ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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OECD Directorate for Education and Skills → notableWork → Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ⓘ

PIAAC → fullName → Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ⓘ

PIAAC → predecessor → Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Adult Literacy Survey