Research and analysis

Skills and lifelong learning: adult basic skills levels

Report exploring the factors that influence why the levels of adult basic skills differ across age groups.

From:
Government Office for Science
Published
18 July 2017

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Skills and lifelong learning: adult basic skills levels

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This report examines the literacy and numeracy skills attainment levels among adults in England and seeks to understand the factors resulting in differences between age groups.

It also explores:

  • how basic skills levels in England compare internationally
  • if literacy and numeracy skills are of a high enough standard in England
  • the implications of an insufficiently skilled population

It was produced as part of the Foresight Future of skills and lifelong learning project.

Published 18 July 2017

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