What a negative spin on a pretty neutral result. Here's the actual link [1]. The latest results are for 2017 and the prior ones for 2012/14. The government's co

What a negative spin on a pretty neutral result. Here's the actual link [1]. The latest results are for 2017 and the prior ones for 2012/14. The government's conclusion is: "Between 2012/14 and 2017, there were no statistically significant changes in the percentages of adults performing at each proficiency level in any of the three PIAAC domains" So, how can you spin "no statistically significant changes" into something more click-friendly? You say U.S. workers show little improvement. Nevermind that this was in no way restricted to "workers"; the survey covers all adults ages 16 to 65, in a representative fashion. How's the US compared to the rest of world? Here's the relevant documents: [2] for 2012/14 and [3] for 2019. Note that the format is slightly different, the first doc contains only OECD countries, while the second some more countries. * literacy. before: the US well below OECD average, just below England and Germany and above Poland and France. Now: the US slightly above average, still just below England and Germany, and just above Poland, but well above France * numeracy. before: well below average, only Italy and Spain worse than the US. Now: exactly the same. * computer numeracy. before: a notch below average, wedged between Japan and Korea. Now: well above average, well above both Korea and Japan. So, overall, either neutral (numeracy), or slight improvement (literacy) or substantial improvements (computers). Should I dare to conclude that the most improvement the US workers have shown was in the area most relevant for 21st century? [1] https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/current_results.asp https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/current_results.asp [2] http://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/Country%20note%20-%20United%20States.pdf http://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/Country%20note%20-%20United... [3] https://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/publications/countryspecificmaterial/PIAAC_Country_Note_USA.pdf https://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/publications/countryspecif...