STEP Skills Measurement Surveys : Innovative Tools for Assessing Skills

STEP Skills Measurement Surveys : Innovative Tools for Assessing Skills

The Skills Towards Employability and Productivity (STEP) program was designed to better understand the interplay between skills on the one hand and employability and productivity on the other. The STEP program developed survey instruments tailored...

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Main Authors:	Pierre, Gaelle, Sanchez Puerta, Maria Laura, Valerio, Alexandria, Rajadel, Tania
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION ACQUISITION OF SKILLS ADULT LITERACY ADULT POPULATIONS ADULTS ADVERTISEMENTS AGE OF ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT DESIGN ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT MATERIALS ASSESSMENT OF LITERACY BASIC EDUCATION BASIC LITERACY BASIC SKILLS COGNITIVE SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMPULSORY EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS COMPUTER USE CONCEPT OF LITERACY CONSUMER GOODS CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTINUOUS LEARNING COUNSELING DATA COLLECTION DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DIPLOMAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EDUCATION AID EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL TESTING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT ETS EXAM FIELDS OF STUDY FIRST GRADE FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMAL SCHOOLING GENERAL EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES INNOVATIVE APPROACHES LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING TIME LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF LITERACY LEVELS OF LITERACY LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY ASSESSMENT LITERACY COURSES LITERACY DOMAIN LITERACY SKILLS LITERACY SURVEY LITERACY SURVEYS LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION MATHEMATICS NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM NUMERACY OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS OCCUPATIONS PERSONALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBLEM SOLVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS PROFICIENCY READERS READING READING ACHIEVEMENT READING COMPREHENSION READING SKILLS REASONING SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL MATERIALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL-AGE SCHOOL-TYPE ENVIRONMENT SCHOOLING SCIENTISTS SKILLS ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS SOCIAL BENEFITS TARGET POPULATIONS TECHNICIANS TENURE TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WRITING SKILLS WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19894104/step-skills-measurement-surveys-innovative-tools-assessing-skills http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19985

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