PIAAC Cycle 2 assessment framework: Numeracy

This chapter presents the framework for conceptualising and assessing
adult numeracy and developing a reporting scale for the direct assessment
of numeracy as part of the OECD’s Programme for the International
Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC Cycle 2). Numeracy as
described here refers to adults’ skills in accessing, using and reasoning
critically with mathematical content, information and ideas represented in
multiple ways in order to engage in and manage the mathematical
demands of a range of situations in adult life. The framework describes the
conceptual and theoretical foundations behind the adult numeracy construct
and the principles applied for assessing numeracy in PIAAC and the
distribution of the numeracy assessment items by a range of task
characteristics.