Literacy Statistics (Bingo)



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In 2005, Jo Lobianco wrote in Processes of policy making and theories of public policy, (PDF at the Centre for Literacy of Quebec - also here on page 5):
An ideological shift occurred between 1990 and 1996. During 1990, International Literacy Year, adult literacy thinking was still characterized by reformist social ambition, and agendas in adult literacy were influenced by lingering Freirean ideologies, or by second-chance rights thinking, or by ideals about overcoming disparities between developing and rich countries’ education. ... By the time the International Adult Literacy Survey was conducted by the OECD and its Canadian partners [1996], the various participating countries ... typically replaced social transformation ideologies with prevailing ideas about labour market reforms, efficiency, and enhanced competitiveness in globalizing markets.
from Kulelat! by Leny Strobel (December 13, 2019)
It seems there are two issues that are hiding behind these test scores. One is the paradigm of global competitiveness driven by neoliberal ideologies that follows the logic of capitalism and requires individuals to be competitive, independent, individualistic and self-interested primarily. The idea of common good and public good has been eroding in these societies.
Two histories of literacy policy in Canada
Influences: Lessons from policy and practices in literacy and essential skills in Canada, 1990-2019
This project...set out to answer two questions:
  • What impacts have the theories, assessments and policies behind adult literacy, based on the International Adult Literacy Survey defnition, and Essential Skills, as described by the Essential Skills Research Project, had on services for working and non-working adults in Canada with basic skills needs in the past three  decades?
  • How can we use the lessons learned to improve future access and  provision for those with the greatest need?

The Rise and Fall of Adult Literacy: Policy Lessons from Canada
Abstract: There was a period of time, from the late 1980s until the early/mid-2000s, when interest in adult literacy in Canada was strong among the public, in the media, and with policy-makers, and a policy window opened for the mainstreaming of literacy. Against this background, it is surprising that the Canadian literacy infrastructure was subsequently largely dismantled. Drawing on theories of policy formation, and recent and previous research, including interviews with key stakeholders, we argue that mainstreaming literacy has failed and explore the reasons for this failure. The paper is structured in three sections. First, we report on the construction of an adult literacy infrastructure in Canada over two phases: i) the period from the 1970s up until the launch of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) in 1994; ii) the story of IALS and changes occurring up until around 2005. Second, we examine the reasons for the failure of the mainstreaming of literacy in Canada. We conclude with further reflections on the present situation in which adult literacy has been largely reduced to employability skills which are under-supported.

The Studies
 (this stuff moves a LOT!)
www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=4406
PIAAC at OECD
www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/
Statistics Canada: Building on our Competencies
Canadian Results of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
http://en.copian.ca/library/research/booc/booc.pdf
Statistics Canada: Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP )
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/81-582-X

Statistics Canada: Learning a Living First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
www.oecd.org/education/innovation-education/34867438.pdf

Statistics Canada: Literacy skills among Canada's immigrant population
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/81-004-x/2005005/9112-eng.htm
Analysis from the Field
International Report Card on Public Education: Key Facts on Canadian Achievement and Equity
This report reviews the latest international evidence regarding achievement and equity in education. It shows that, in terms of achievement, Canada consistently places among an elite group of high performing countries and economies. Moreover, Canada continues to be a leader in terms of equity: public schools in Canada are among the best in the world at helping to level the playing field between rich and poor children, and Canada is one of only a very few high-immigration countries that show no significant achievement gap between immigrants and non-immigrants. In fact, Canada distinguishes itself by its ability to combine high levels of achievement and high degrees of equity in education.
www.environicsinstitute.org/docs/default-source/project-documents/23.-international-report-card-on-public-education-key-facts-on-canadian-achievement-and-equity/final-report.pdf?sfvrsn=b754cb91_2
Especially this bit: www.environicsinstitute.org/docs/default-source/project-documents/23.-international-report-card-on-public-education-key-facts-on-canadian-achievement-and-equity/are-adult-skills-only-average.pdf?sfvrsn=8f360786_2
What exactly does the IALS measure and how is this teachable?
beyondials.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/what-exactly-does-the-ials-measure-and-how-is-this-teachable/
Global contexts, practitioner views, learning as relationship: Papers from CASAE/AERC 2011 by Tannis Atkinson
beyondials.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/global-contexts-practitioner-views-learning-as-relationship-papers-from-casaeaerc-2011-5/
Commodifying literacy, justifying inequality: timely relations in the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) by Tannis Atkinson, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada Paper presented at the 39th Annual SCUTREA Conference, 7-9 July 2009
www.academia.edu/1506778/Commodifying_literacy_justifying_inequality_
Timely_relations_in_the_International_Adult_Literacy_Survey_IALS_
Well anything by Tannis Atkinson really.
utoronto.academia.edu/TannisAtkinson
Fast Facts: Literacy, Women and Poverty by Margerit Roger
www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/fast-facts-literacy-women-and-poverty

Connecting the Dots: Literacy and Accountability www.literacyandaccountability.ca/literature-reports.htm
centreforfoundationallearning.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/accountabilityinadultliteracyvoicesfromthefield.pdf
Between a rock and a hard place with literacy rate statistics by Susan Sussman
www.literacies.ca/literacies/2-2003/focus/2/1.htm

Literacies Literacy Statistics Web Forum Readings
www.literacies.ca/Forumpages/forum1_f03readings.html

Becoming Policy Literate by Joseph Lo Bianco
www.greedymouse.ca/PDF/lobiancopolicy.pdf (PDF)
From the Literacies Cafe
literaciescafe.blogspot.com/search/label/ccl
 Reading the Reports (PDF download)

Contested Ground: Performance Accountability by Juliet Merrifield
www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=656
Click here to download the full PDF: http://www.greedymouse.ca/PDF/contestedground.pdf


Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in ABE by Deborah D'Amico
www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=203
Click here to download the PDF (Chapter 2) : http://www.ncsall.net/index.php@id=497.html