Research organisation
In Finland:
The survey is carried out by the Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, being responsible for:
- National design and realisation of the PIAAC project
- Data collection and analysis
- Reporting of preliminary results
Statistics Finland is in charge of data collection:
- Data collection by interview visits
- Formatting the data as required
- Producing a data file
The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.
International research organisation:
The international PIAAC consortium is led by Educational Testing Service (ETS), USA.
Members of the consortium:
- cApStAn (Belgium);
- Public Research Center Henri Tudor (CRP), Luxembourg;
- German Institute for International Education Research (DIPF), Germany;
- German National Social Science Infrastructure Institute (GESIS), Germany;
- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Germany;
- Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), the Netherlands;
- University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg,
- Westat, USA
OECD PIAAC website:
http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac