Degrees of competency: the relationship between educational qualifications and adult skills across countries

Abstract Background Educational qualifications and literacy skills are highly related. This is not surprising as it is one aim of educational systems to equip individuals with competencies necessary to take part in society. Because of this relationship educational qualifications are often used as a...

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Main Authors: Natascha Massing, Silke L. Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-02-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40536-017-0041-y