The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), in collaboration with the Educational Testing Service (ETS), is sponsoring a series of training workshops for individual researchers and research teams to explore and use data and assessment tools from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).
These workshops are designed for those who want to go beyond computing basic statistics with the PIAAC databases. During the workshops we will train participants to conduct simple and complex analysis with the PIAAC data. We will also help participants familiarize themselves with the statistical and data complexities of PIAAC.
The general day-to-day schedule of the workshops will include both presentations and hands-on practical assignments using released PIAAC databases.
Participation in these workshops will be limited to 30 registrants. Participants will be accepted upon a favorable review of their online application.
Accommodation and sustenance costs to participate in these workshops will be funded by a grant from IES. For details on the funding available for these workshops, please refer to the funding page.
Participants in these workshops are expected to submit a research paper to be presented at an IES/ETS sponsored conference that will take place in Washington, D.C. on December 2018. Partial funding to participate in this conference will also be available to qualifying participants.
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