Piaac: A new strategy for assessing adult competencies

International Review of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 627-650

  Schleicher, Andreas ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LITERACY; OECD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRAINING;

EID: 55249105418     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-008-9105-0     Document Type: Article

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