How do PIAAC and PISA compare?
• PISA and PIAAC both emphasize knowledge and skills in the context of everyday situations, asking students and adults to perform tasks that involve interpretation of real-world materials as much as possible. PISA is designed to show the knowledge and skills 15-year-olds have accumulated within and outside of school. It is intended to provide insight into what students who are about to complete compulsory education and continue with further education or potentially enter the workforce know and are able to do. PIAAC focuses on adults who are already eligible to be in the workforce, and aims to measure the set of literacy skills an individual needs to have in order to function successfully in society. Therefore, PIAAC is not measuring the academic skills or knowledge adults may have learned in school. The PIAAC assessment focuses on tasks adults may encounter in their lives at home, work, or in their community.
