The  is developing a research base about effective ways to use technology in adult learning. It develops, adopts, and evaluates interventions that use technology to build adult learners’ skills and improve their academic outcomes. The Network’s activities and resources guide practitioners, educators, researchers, and policy and funding stakeholders in their work using technology to support adult skills programming.ÌýFunded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the CREATE Adult Skills Network is a national coalition that supports evidence-based insights into technology-supported teaching and learning initiatives.Ìý
The (PIAAC), also known as the Survey of Adult Skills, is a large-scale international study of key cognitive and workplace skills of adults. PIAAC data are collected from adults ages 16–74 in the United States and ages 16–65 in the other countries. It is designed to assess and compare adults’ skills in  over a broad range of abilities, from reading simple passages to complex problem-solving skills, and to collect information on an individual's skill use and background. Cycle I of PIAAC collected data in 2012, 2014, and 2017.
For the , the OECD has updated PIAAC’s study instruments. The first round of the Cycle II data collection was completed in 2023, with  participating.ÌýThe first round of the PIAAC Cycle II data collection in the United States occurred September 2022 through June 2023 with a nationally representative household sample of adults ages 16–74. NCES released results in December 2024; U.S. specific results have not been released.
About ILSA Gateway
°Õ³ó±ðÌý is an open-access platform that, for the first time, provides researchers a single entry point to major international large-scale assessments in education conducted by the following organizations: CONFEMEN (PASEC), the IDB (PRIDI), the IEA (ICCS, ICILS, PIRLS, TEDS-M, and TIMSS), IEA/UNESCO (REDS), the OECD (IELS, PIAAC, PISA, TALIS, and TALIS Starting Strong), SACMEQ (SACMEQ III, SACMEQ IV), SEAMEO/UNICEF (SEA-PLM), UNESCO (TERCE), and the World Bank (STEP).
For each study, users can navigate to a fact sheet that provides a quick overview; read more detailed information on the study framework, design, results, and data pages; and easily access the related resources on the external study websites. The platform also features a glossary, search tool, and paper database, of which the latter allows researchers to identify relevant articles published to date in peer-reviewed journals, including secondary analyses of the above-mentioned study data.
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