Lanterna Rally

Author: OECD.

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 122

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This report (122 pages), from the OECD, focuses on the development of reading proficiency during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood. It explores the results of a unique study in Canada that combines PISA data with a follow-up survey, the Youth in Transition Survey, and a reassessment of reading skills nine years after students took the PISA test. Table of contents * Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2. PISA-15, YITS, PISA-24, and the Canadian context * Chapter 3. Reading proficiency of Canadian youth at ages 15 and 24 (Demographic characteristics and reading proficiency gains. Differences in reading proficiency by education and labour market pathways) * Chapter 4. Growth in reading proficiency over time (How do young people's reading skills evolve after compulsory education? Grade progression and growth in reading skills. Dynamic learning in the context of the PISA reading framework. Examples of PISA reading units) * Chapter 5. Proficiency growth before and after age 15 (Skills growth in PISA-24. Skills growth and initial reading proficiency at age 15. The conceptual model of improvement in reading proficiency. Positive learning environments before and after age 15. Proficiency growth outside the classroom. What is the net effect of positive early environments?) * Chapter 6. The effect of education and work pathways on reading proficiency (Life choices and the acquisition of skills. Improvements in reading proficiency, educational attainment and pathways. Educational attainment, work experience, and improvements in reading proficiency. Educational attainment, time spent in education and the acquisition of skills. Learning gains and demographic transitions).