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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Percentage of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills
Indicator purpose

The purpose of this indicator is as a direct measure of the skill levels of youth and adults in the two areas: literacy and numeracy.

Abstract

The proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) and of adults (aged 15 years and above) have achieved or exceeded a given level of proficiency in (a) literacy and (b) numeracy. The minimum proficiency level will be measured relative to new common literacy and numeracy scales currently in development.

Data source

 

Ministry of Education (MOE)

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

 

Ministry of Education (MOE)

Date last updated
04-NOV-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Other characteristics

There is only one threshold that divides youth and adults into above and below minimum level:

(a) Below minimum level is the proportion of youth and adults who do not achieve the minimum standard as set-up by countries according to the globally defined minimum competencies, and

(b) Above minimum level is the proportion of youth and adults who have achieved the minimum standard.

Due to heterogeneity of performance levels set by national and cross-national assessments, these performance levels will have to be mapped to the globally defined basic and proficiency levels. Once the performance levels are mapped, the global education community will be able to identify for each country the proportion of youth and adults above and below minimum level.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

The fixed level of proficiency is the benchmark of basic knowledge in a domain (literacy or numeracy) measured through learning assessments.

Disaggregation

is by age-group, sex, location, income and type of skill. Disability status is not currently available in most national and cross-national learning assessments.

Key statistical concepts

Proportion of youth and adults who have achieved above the minimum threshold of proficiency as defined for large-scale (sample representative) adult literacy assessment:

Performance achieve above minimum level, PLta, s, above minimum = p.

where p is the proportion of youth and adults at a national or cross-national adult literacy assessment at age group a, in learning domain s in any year (t-i) where 0 ? i ? 5, who has achieved above the minimum level of proficiency.

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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

This indicator assists the Ministry of Education in creating policies that are to be used to document the overall skill levels of populations and to identify population sub-groups whose skill level places them at risk academically.

Limitations

The measurement of youth and adult skills requires some form of direct assessment. Using household surveys to measure learning can be costly and difficult to administer and may underestimate learning in areas that are critical to daily life but are harder to assess in standardized approaches. The result may be inaccurate representations of what youth and adults know and can do, especially in relation to applying skills that may vary across contexts.

Other comments

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