Agenda

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

16:00 – 18:00 Registration
 
18:00 – 19:00 Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks
Overview of PIAAC and 2013 Conference
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception Hosted by ETS and the OECD

Thursday, November 14, 2013

8:45 – 9:00 Opening Remarks
 
9:00 – 10:30 Innovations in PIAAC: How Technology and Methodology Differentiates PIAAC
Matthias von Davier, Educational Testing Service
Jean-Francois Rouet, Université de Poitiers
Discussant: Mireille Betrancourt, University of Geneva
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
 
11:00 – 12:30 Estimated Returns to Quality-Adjusted Education: New Evidence from PIAAC
Guido Schwerdt, CESifo Group, Munich
Discussant: Juan Jose Dolado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
 
14:00 – 15:30 Understanding How Skills are Used at Work
Glenda Quintini, OECD
Discussant: Richard Murnane, Harvard University
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
 
16:00 – 17:30 Acquisition and Decline of Literacy Over the Life Course
Rolf Van der Velden, Maastricht University
Discussant: Ken Mayhew, Oxford University
18:00 – 21:00 Cocktails & Dinner
Keynote address: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives
Andreas Schleicher, OECD

Friday, November 15, 2013

9:00 – 10:30 Using PIAAC Data for Producing Regional Estimates
Kentaro Yamamoto, Educational Testing Service
Discussant: David Kaplan, University of Wisconsin
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
 
11:00 – 12:30 Relationship of Problem Solving to Literacy and Numeracy: Insights from PIAAC
Henry Braun, Boston College
Discussant: Jan-Eric Gustafsson, University of Gothenburg
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch/Policy Seminar: Where PIAAC Can Make a Difference
Panelists
Xavier Prats-Monné, European Union
Ariel Fiszbein, World Bank
Charles Fadel, Center for Curriculum Redesign
Moderator: TBD
14:30 – 15:00 Wrap-up — Conference Conclusion
John Martin, OECD