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

    Metadata Updated: August 12, 2023

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    References

    https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/questionnaire.asp
    https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/cba.asp
    https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/pba.asp
    https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_readme.zip
    https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_background.zip

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023
    Data Update Frequency R/P10Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Education JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023
    Publisher National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    Maintainer
    Identifier f65ea203-4c5b-4f44-b37f-381a1fdd62a2
    Data First Published 2013-10-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-10T14:41:57.985154
    Rights IES uses Restricted-data Licenses as a mechanism for making more detailed data available to qualified researchers. Please request license to access data by submitting an application via the link in "Resources".
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Data Update Frequency R/P10Y
    Bureau Code 018:50
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id bc474dff-cc5f-46cc-88b6-fb72bae892b7
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of the Secretary (OS) > Institute of Education Sciences (IES) > National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    Related Documents https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/questionnaire.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/cba.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/pba.asp, https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_readme.zip, https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/data/2014045_background.zip
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b896fd6e5d8ffdbd4993639ed2d8a3491b764348
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":-124.733253,24.544245,-124.733253,49.388611,-66.954811,49.388611,-66.954811,24.544245,-124.733253,24.544245}
    System of Records https://www2.ed.gov/notices/pai/pai-18-13-01.pdf
    Temporal 2011/2012

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