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New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

Volume 2017, Issue 155
Research Article

PIAAC: Focusing Adult Learning on Building Adult Competence†

Sondra Gayle Stein

American Institutes for Research

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First published: 19 September 2017
https://doi.org/10.1002/ace.20238

Abstract

This chapter describes how PIAAC's concept of competency‐in‐use can support literacy policy and practice focused on adult learners’ real needs.