The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is the outcome of a collaboration among participating countries and economies, the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills and the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, and an international Consortium led by Educational Testing Service (ETS).
The development of this report was guided by Stefano Scarpetta and Andreas Schleicher. The report was prepared by Francesco Avvisati, Elif Bahar, Anja Meierkord, Marco Paccagnella, Helke Seitz, Mila Staneva and Roland Tusz, under the supervision of Glenda Quintini and Claudia Tamassia. François Keslair provided statistical and analytical support, assisted by Hajar Sabrina Yassine. Sally Hinchcliffe provided editorial assistance. Administrative support was provided by Sabrina Leonarduzzi. Rachel Linden co‑ordinated production and Fung Kwan Tam designed the tables and figures.
The international Consortium was responsible for developing the assessment instruments and preparing the underlying data under the direction of Laura Halderman and Irwin Kirsch. Samuel Greiff, Jean-François Rouet, Dave Tout and Guido Schwerdt led the expert groups that oversaw the development of the cognitive assessment instruments and of the background questionnaire. Matthias von Davier chaired the project’s Technical Advisory Group.
The PIAAC Board of Participating Countries (BPC) – co-chaired by Aviana Bulgarelli (Italy, until 2020), Ted Reininga (the Netherlands, until 2021), Katalin Zoltán (Hungary, since 2020) and James Davison (England, UK, since 2021) – steered the development of the project and of the report. Feedback and comments on this report by members of the BPC are gratefully acknowledged.