Analysing Poor Reading Skills: A Comparison Between PIAAC Literacy Levels and Reading components
The aim of this paper is to compare two measures of literacy skills used in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), i.e. literacy levels and reading components. Different from assessing literacy levels, which cover the entire range of reading skills from very high to very low, the reading components assessment is specifically designed to test the reading skills of the low literate. As literacy skills are an important determinant for labour market success, we examine whether the reading components assessment is a better predictor of employment of the test takers than the general literacy level assessment …