This page presents literacy, numeracy, and adaptive problem-solving items approved for release from the second cycle of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) in static and interactive forms. The “PIAAC released items report” presents a screenshot of each item, and following each screenshot is a description of the question the respondent answered, information on ways that respondents could have solved each problem, information on the cognitive process represented, and where applicable, details on item functionality. Classification information from the framework, the item format, the correct answer(s), and, if known, the proficiency level are included in a table following each description. This report is followed by interactive versions of these items with all associated functionalities. These interactive versions are not scorable, but they include scoring rules.
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