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Where Do U.S. Adults’ Skills Rank Internationally ?

Where Do U.S. Adults’ Skills Rank Internationally ?. PIACC: The Survey of Adult Skills. The U.S. PIAAC Sample. Wave 1: 5,000 individuals ages 16-65 Wave 2: Adds 5,000 individuals (in 2015) to expand sample with Unemployed adults (16-65) Young adults (16-34) Older adults (66-74)

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Where Do U.S. Adults’ Skills Rank Internationally ?

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  1. Where Do U.S. Adults’ Skills Rank Internationally?

  2. PIACC: The Survey of Adult Skills

  3. The U.S. PIAAC Sample • Wave 1: 5,000 individuals ages 16-65 • Wave 2: Adds 5,000 individuals (in 2015) to expand sample with • Unemployed adults (16-65) • Young adults (16-34) • Older adults (66-74) • Incarcerated adults (16-74)

  4. Reports

  5. Time for the U.S. to Reskill?

  6. U.S. Rankings Internationally

  7. U.S. Proficiency Trends

  8. Major U.S. Findings: Great inequalities, Intergenerational impacts, & Negative social outcomes

  9. The U.S. has a very large low-skilled population. Source: IES Presentation

  10. U.S. performance in numeracy is particularly poor.

  11. Minorities are disproportionatelyrepresented in the low-skilled population. Source: Time for the U.S. to Reskill?

  12. Younger cohorts’ skills are not outpacing older cohorts’.

  13. Adults from low-education families are 10times more likely to have low skills.

  14. The U.S. is not integrating immigrants well.

  15. Learning disabilities play a role for adults with low skills.

  16. Adults with low skills are 4 times more likely to have poor/fair health – 2 times the international average.

  17. The U.S. has high participation rates in education and training.

  18. Many U.S. low-skilled adults are employed.

  19. Skills are highly rewarded in the U.S. labor market.

  20. Recommendations and Reflections

  21. Recommendations from OECD • Improve basic skills and tackle inequities. • Strengthen initial schooling for all. • Ensure effective and accessible education opportunities for young adults. • Link efforts to improve basic skills to employability. • Adapt to diversity. • Build awareness of the implications of weak basic skills [and the] links with other social factors. • Support action with evidence. Source: Time for the U.S. to Reskill?

  22. U.S. Country Profile

  23. Learn more • http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/ • http://www.ed.gov/ovae • http://piaacgateway.com http://skills.oecd.org/skillsoutlook.htm Find materials on: www.TimetoReskill.org

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