Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2011-12

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The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2011-12 (PIAAC:12), is a study that is part of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) program. PIAAC:12 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/) is a cross-sectional survey that is designed to assess and compare the basic skills and the broad range of competencies of adults around the world. The assessment focuses on cognitive and workplace skills needed for successful participation in 21st-century society and the global economy. The study was conducted using paper-and-pencil and computer-administered direct assessments of adults' literacy, numeracy, component skills, problem solving in technology-rich environments and in-person interviews of background questionnaire. PIAAC achieved a 70 percent response rate. Key statistics produced from PIAAC:12 are information on relationships between individuals' educational background, workplace experiences and skills, occupational attainment, use of information and communications technology, and cognitive skills in the areas of literacy, numeracy, and problem solving.

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Name Format Description Link
67 2011-12 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies data as a zipped SPSS-formatted binary data file https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_spss.zip
59 2011-12 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies data as a zipped ASCII data file https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_data.zip
0 2011-12 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies data as a zipped SAS 7-formatted binary data file https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_sas.zip
47 Restricted-use data file for the 2011-12 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014046
47 U.S. PIAAC IDE provides results from the 2012 PIAAC for the United States, including U.S.-specific variables, and other countries; the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL), and the 1994 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/ideuspiaac/

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  • reading-assessment
  • numeracy
  • piaac
  • international-study-of-adult-skills
  • program-for-the-international-assessment-of-adult-competencies
  • international-comparison
  • adult-literacy
  • problem-solving
  • 0ee4621b-38be-46bb-8360-219726022a58

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