• Comparing literacy and numeracy scales in the Assessment Tool and Survey of Adult Skills

  

  This report is intended to help educators and researchers using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool understand the extent to which results from the Assessment Tool can be compared with the results from the Survey of Adult Skills.

  Author(s): Ministry of Education

  Date Published: March 2019

• Survey of Adult Skills: How are skills related to social and economic participation?

  

  New Zealand participated in the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) in 2014. The survey is part of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

  This A3 looks at how skill levels relate to social and economic participation in New Zealand.

  Author(s): Paul Satherley, Tertiary, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: December 2018

• Survey of Adult Skills: What are some characteristics of people with strong skills?

  

  New Zealand participated in the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) in 2014. The survey is part of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

  This A3 looks at some of the characteristics people with strong skills have.

  Author(s): Paul Satherley, Tertiary, Ministry of Education

  Date Published: December 2018

• What can the Survey of Adult Skills tell us about how skills and education relate to social well-being?

  

  This paper presents some key results on how skills relate to health, social participation and social trust. People with higher skills and higher education have higher levels of self-reported health, volunteer more often, trust others more, and feel they have more political voice. This relationship holds almost without exception across education and literacy levels. It is stronger for health and say in government and less strong for trust and volunteering. Across the OECD, New Zealand has high levels of self-reported health, volunteering, interpersonal trust, and say in government.

  Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: December 2018

• Survey of Adult Skills: Regional and local profiles

  

  We have developed a visual tool that shows distribution of literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills across the country by region and territorial authority. The tool also includes information on related variables, namely: qualification levels, use of ICT at work and having English as a first language. The last variable is important as the Survey of Adult Skills only tests skills in English. It shows that the region with the lowest skills is South and East Auckland, while Wellington has the highest skills. The low skill levels in South and East Auckland is largely driven by the high proportion of the population for whom English is not a first language. The higher skills in Wellington are largely related to qualification levels and a higher proportion of jobs requiring ICT use. Wellington is similar to North and Central Auckland on both of these variables. However, North and Central Auckland has a higher proportion of the population for whom English is not a first language.

  Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: December 2018
  
  Updated: November 2019

• PIAAC measures of qualification, field of study and skill mismatch

  

  This technical note looks at the three measures of mismatch in the Survey of Adult Skills: qualification level, field of study and skills. It provides general comment on the strengths and weaknesses of each measure and how robust they are for policy purposes. It concludes that the qualification level mismatch is the most robust measure. The field of study measure has considerable methodological issues and should be used with caution. The skills mismatch measure is not suitable for use in analysis or international comparisons.

  Author(s): Amapola Generosa, MBIE and David Earle and Paul Satherley, Tertiary, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: December 2018

• Survey of Adult Skills: Pacific adults' literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills

  

  This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers how the literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills (measured in English) of Pacific adults relate to their education and work. It also looks at how these skills compare to those of non-Pacific people and how they have changed over time.

  Author(s): Paul Satherley, Senior Research Analyst, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: October 2018

• Survey of Adult Skills: Māori adults' literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills

  

  This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers how the literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills (measured in English) of Māori adults relate to their education, work and speaking to reo Māori.

  Author(s): Matt Jones and Paul Satherley, Senior Analysts, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: April 2018

• Survey of Adult Skills: Adults' financial literacy activities

  

  This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers key findings on how often New Zealand adults (aged 16 to 65) participate in financial literacy activities in both everyday life and for work.

  Author(s): Paul Satherley, Principal Analyst, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: August 2017

• Literacy, achievement and success: Reading the world in order to read the word

  

  This project was a collaboration between Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (TWWoA) and the Ministry of Education (the Ministry). The aim of the project was to identify the transforming thinking, actions and practices that contributed to improved literacy and educational achievement. The project focused on the Hei Manaaki: National Certificate of Tourism Māori programme.

  Author(s): Vaughan Bidois, Pania Te Maro, David Earle and Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: August 2017

• Youth Skills: Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

  

  This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers key findings on how New Zealand youth (aged 16 to 24) compare internationally and what factors are associated with higher youth skills.

  Author(s): Matt Jones, Senior Research Analyst, and Paul Satherley, Principal Research Analyst, for the Ministry of Education

  Date Published: July 2017

• Skills at Work: Survey of Adult Skills

  

  This report looks at how skills, work-related learning and qualification mismatch varies across different industries and occupations. The report also compares training rates and the prevalence of qualification, skills and field-of-study mismatch in New Zealand to other countries.

  Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

  Date Published: June 2016

• Skills and Education: Survey of Adult Skills

  

  This report investigates the relationship between education and skills for New Zealand adults, how this relationship has changed over time and how it compares to other countries. Barriers to further education and how the relationship between education and skills varies for different genders and ethnic groups is also explored.

  Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

  Date Published: June 2016

• Skills in New Zealand and around the world: Survey of Adult Skills

  

  This report looks at how the skills in of New Zealand adults compare to other countries and how they have changed over time. Also explored is how skills in New Zealand vary by age, ethnicity, gender and migration status.

  Author(s): Ministry of Education and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

  Date Published: June 2016

• Updating the Adult and Literacy Life Skills Survey: Estimating change in skills distribution since 2006

  

  This paper firstly estimates the effect of population changes since 2006 on the skills distribution of the population. This provides a new estimate of the results of the ALL survey taking account of population changes since 2006 This will aid understanding of how much of the change between ALL and PIAAC is likely to be due to the changing characteristics of the population.

  Secondly, the paper estimates the reach of adult literacy and numeracy programmes by skills levels in the adult population. This will help us assess the effects we might expect these programme to have on the overall skills distribution of the population.

  Author(s): David Earle, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: May 2015

• Literacy and numeracy assessments of adult English language learners

  

  This report is an attempt to answer questions about the extent to which the Assessment Tool can reasonably and legitimately be used to assess the literacy and numeracy of English language learners, on the basis of a descriptive study of skills (as measured by the Assessment Tool) of English language learners in comparison with learners with English as first language.

  Author(s): Chris Lane, Senior Research Analyst, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: December 2014

• Measures of adult literacy and numeracy

  

  This paper explores the relationship between the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey and the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool. Exploring the relationship between these two measures can give us a clearer understanding of the Assessment Tool results by comparing the results with internationally referenced information.

  Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: June 2014

• Assessing skills of adult learners in 2011

  

  This is an initial statistical report on the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool in terms of the extent of its use in 2011, the first full year of implementation, the reading and numeracy profiles of learners when first assessed, and the extent to which learners can be seen to have increased their reading and numeracy skills over the course of the 2011 year.

  Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: February 2013

• Engagement is key

  

  This report presents the findings of a small scale piece of qualitative research with nine providers delivering programmes to young people. The purpose of this research is to understand the experiences of implementing the Assessment Tool. This report supplements the quantitative analysis of first results from the Assessment Tool reported in Lane (2012). There is interest in both the results coming out of the Assessment Tool and the experiences of implementation.

  Author(s): Jacqui Haggland, Ahikiwi Research and Consulting and David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: February 2013

• Literacy skills of young adult New Zealanders

  

  This report explores how the literacy of young adults (aged 16-24) in New Zealand varies according to a wide range of factors. Literacy here refers to literacy in English only, and the main aspect of literacy considered is document literacy, which refers to the ability to read and interpret non-continuous texts, such as tables, diagrams and maps. To highlight the relationships of the factors with the document literacy scores of young adults, comparisons are made with the effects of the factors in the population aged 25-65.

  Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.

  Date Published: June 2011

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