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The PIAAC Literacy Framework and Adult Reading Instruction

Author(s) -

Amy R. Trawick

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

adult literacy education the international journal of literacy language and numeracy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2642-3669

DOI - 10.35847/atrawick.1.1.37

Subject(s) - reading (process) , literacy , adult literacy , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has invested in international surveys throughout the years, with each assessment including rather detailed information about the skill levels of the adults in the United States. The results of the literacy portion of the latest assessment, the Survey of Adult Skills, give one pause. Though the average score for adults in the United States is not significantly different from the international average in reading literacy (Rampey et al., 2016), the overall average conceals results of great concern:

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