Report analysing PIAAC data reveals that American youth is increasingly better educated but with lower skills

Educational Testing Service (ETS), an US based private non-profit educational testing and assessment organisation has examined PIAAC data for US.
PIAAC is the short version for Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, an OECD led project in 24 countries to examine the skills among adult populations. Here, PIAAC results complement the skills assessment of pupils with PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and AHELO (Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes). Some of the initial analysis were published in late 2013. More...