Time for the U.S. to Reskill? What the Survey of Adult Skills Says

The ‘basic skills’ of literacy and numeracy are among the most fundamental attributes of human beings and their civilization, lying at the root of our capacity to communicate and live and work together, to develop and share knowledge, science and culture. Their contribution to workforce skills have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2013.
Colección:OECD Skills Studies,
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706384506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Summary of findings and policy recommendations
  • Foreword
  • Key figures on adult skills in the United States versus other countries
  • What adults can do at different levels of proficiency in problem solving in technology-rich environments
  • What adults can do at different levels of numeracy proficiency
  • Key tables on adult skills in the United States versus other countries
  • Policy recommendations for the United States
  • Basic skills in the United States
  • The Survey of Adult Skills and the role of this special report
  • What adults can do at different levels of literacy proficiency
  • Methodology of the Survey of Adult Skills.