The Survey of Adult Skills

Annex E. Project participants in Round 3 of the Survey of Adult Skills

 

International consortium

Educational Testing Service (ETS) – Overall Management, Test Development, Psychometrics, Analysis and Data Products

Irwin Kirsch (International Project Director)

Claudia Tamassia (International Project Manager)

Kentaro Yamamoto (Director, Psychometrics and Analysis)

Matthias von Davier (Co-Director, Psychometrics and Analysis)

Marylou Lennon (Test Development, Literacy and PSTRE)

John P. Sabatini (Test Development, Reading Components)

Kelly M. Bruce (Test Development, Reading Components)

Eugenio Gonzalez (Training and Technical Report)

Michael Wagner (Director, Platform Development)

Isabelle Jars (Project Management)

Larry Hanover (Editorial Support)

Judy Mendez (Project Support)

Lisa Hemat (Project Support)

Jason Bonthron (Platform Development)

Mike Ecker (Platform Development)

Ramin Hemat (Platform Development)

Tom Florek (Platform Development)

Chris Nicoletti (Platform Development)

Debbie Pisacreta (Platform Development)

Janet Stumper (Platform Development)

John Barone (Director, Data Analysis and Database Preparation)

Lale Khorramdel (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Jon Weeks (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Henry Chen (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Chentong Chen (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Usama Ali (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Emily Lubaway (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Frederic Robin (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Hyo Jeong Shin (Psychometrics and Analysis)

Kevin Bentley (Data Products)

Karen Castellano (Data Analysis)

Mary Beth Hanly (Data Products)

Scott Davis (Data Analysis)

Justin Herbert (Data Analysis)

Steven Holtzman (Data Analysis)

Laura Jerry (Data Analysis)

Mathew Kandathil (Data Analysis Leader)

Lokesh Kapur (Data Analysis)

Debra Kline (Data Management)

Nan Kong (Data Analysis)

Phillip Leung (Data Analysis Leader)

Chen Li (Data Analysis)

Mei-Jang Lin (Data Analysis)

Alfred Rogers (Data Analysis Leader)

Jonathan Steinberg (Data Analysis)

Joan Stoeckel (Data Analysis and Data Management)

Ruopei Sun (Data Analysis)

Carla Tarsitano (Data Management)

Sarah Venema (Data Products)

Minhwei Wang (Data Analysis Leader)

Kei Sing Wong (Data Analysis)

Lingjun Wong (Data Analysis)

Jeffrey Wright (Data Analysis)

Fred Yan (Data Analysis)

Ningshan Zhang (Data Analysis)

Wei Zhao (Data Analysis)

Jun Xu (Data Analysis)

Yuxin Tang (Data Analysis)

Ping Zhai (Data Analysis)

Tao Wang (Data Analysis)

Danielle Baum (Consultant, Paper Booklets)

Juliette Mendelovits (Consultant, Literacy Test Development, ACER)

Dara Searle (Consultant, Literacy Test Development, ACER)

GESIS – Development of the Job Requirement Approach Module and Background Questionnaire

Beatrice Rammstedt (Lead)

Dorothée Behr

Susanne Helmschrott

Silke Martin

Natascha Massing

Anouk Zabal

Deutsches Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (DIPF) – Development of the PIAAC Test Delivery Platform

Ingo Barkow (International IT Support)

Robert Baumann (Software Development)

Simon Brüchner (Software Development)

Mahtab Dalir (Software Development)

Gabriele Gissler (Item Development)

Frank Goldhammer (Test Development, Deputy Project Co-Director)

Roland Johannes (Software Development)

Elham Müller (Software Development)

Jean-Paul Reeff (International Consultant)

Marc Rittberger (Director)

Heiko Rölke (Project Co-Director)

Alexander During (Software Development)

Maya Schnitzler (Software Development)

Felix Toth (Software Development)

Britta Upsing (Project Coordinator)

cApStAn – Linguistic Quality Control

Steve Dept (Verification Operations)

Andrea Ferrari (Verification Methodology and Management)

Laura Wäyrynen (Verification Methodology and Management)

Elica Krajčeva (Verification Management)

Marielle Lerner (Verification Management)

Shinoh Lee (Verification Management)

Irene Liberati (Verification Management)

Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University – Development of the Job Requirement Approach Module and Background Questionnaire

Rolf van der Velden (Coordinator, Development Background Questionnaire)

Jim Allen (Development Background Questionnaire)

Martin Humburg (Development Background Questionnaire)

Mark Levels (Development Background Questionnaire)

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) – Data Cleaning and Database Preparation

Alena Becker (Data Processing and National Adaptations)

Christine Busch (Meta-data and Processing)

Mark Cockle (Quality Control and Manuals)

Tim Daniel (Lead International Data Management)

Bastian Deppe (Software Testing and Data Cleaning)

Limiao Duan (Processing Systems Development)

Daniela Tranziska (Processing Systems Development)

Christian Harries (Software Development)

Pamela Inostroza (Processing Systems Development)

Matthias Jenzen (Software Development)

Maike Junod (Software Development)

Alexander Konn (Processing Systems Development)

Kamil Kowolik (Data Processing and National Adaptations)

Alexander Lebedev (Software Testing)

Sebastian Meyer (Data Processing and National Adaptations)

Pia Möbus (Software Testing and Data Cleaning)

Jirka Neumann (Data Processing and National Adaptations)

Brice Nzuakue Diogni (Software Testing)

Dirk Oehler (Quality Control and Processing Systems)

Martin Olszewski (Processing Systems Testing)

Daniel Radtke (Data Processing and National Adaptations)

Frank Wohnfurter (Software Development)

Hannah Köhler (Deputy Lead International Data Management)

Westat – Sample Design and Selection, Weighting, Survey Operations, and Quality Control

Leyla Mohadjer (Director, Sampling Activities)

Pat Montalvan (Director, Survey Operations)

Tom Krenzke (Manager, Sampling Activities)

Michael Lemay (Manager, Survey Operations)

Wendy Van de Kerckhove (Senior Leader, Sampling Activities)

Valerie Hsu (Leader, Sampling Activities)

Laura Alvarez-Rojas (Senior Survey Statistician)

Lillian Diaz-Hoffmann (Survey Operations Material Development and Training)

Sylvia Dohrmann (Senior Survey Statistician)

Jarrod Grebing (Survey Operations Training)

Hongsheng Hao (Senior Survey Statistician)

Wen-Chau Haung (Senior Systems Analyst)

Michael Jones (Senior Survey Statistician)

Robin Jones (Senior Systems Analyst)

Jane Li (Senior Survey Statistician)

Lin Li (Senior Survey Statistician)

Yuki Nakamoto (Senior Systems Analyst)

Margo Tercy (Project Support)

Klaus Teuter (Senior Systems Analyst)

Chao Zhou (Survey Statistician)

John Lopdell (Senior Survey Statistician)

Laura Alvarez-Rojas (Senior Survey Statistician)

Nina Thornton (Survey Operations Material Development and Training)

Baifan Li (Senior Systems Analyst)

Expert groups

PIAAC Literacy Expert Group

Stan Jones (Chair), Canada

Egil Gabrielsen, Center for Reading Research, University of Stavanger, Norway

Jan Hagston, Australia

Pirjo Linnakylä, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Hakima Megherbi, University of Paris, France

John Sabatini, Educational Testing Service, United States of America

Monika Tröster, German Institute of Adult Education, Germany

Eduardo Vidal-Abarca, Department of Psychology, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

PIAAC Numeracy Expert Group (Test Development, Numeracy)

Iddo Gal (Chair), University of Haifa, Israel

Silvia Alatorre, National Pedagogical University, Mexico

Sean Close, St. Patrick’s College, Ireland

Jeff Evans, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Lene Johansen, Aalborg University, Denmark

Terry Maguire, Institute of Technology Tallaght-Dublin, Ireland

Myrna Manly, United States of America

Dave Tout, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia

PIAAC Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments Expert Group

Jean-François Rouet (Chair), CNRS and University of Poitiers, France

Mirelle Bétrancourt, University of Geneva, Switzerland

M. Anne Britt, Northern Illinois University, United States of America

Dr. Rainer Bromme, University of Muenster, Germany

Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis, United States of America

Jonna M. Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Donald J. Leu, University of Connecticut, United States of America

Naoki Ueno, Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan

Herre van Oostendorp, Utrecht University, Netherlands

PIAAC Questionnaire Expert Group

Ken Mayhew (Chair), Pembroke College, Oxford, the United Kingdom

Patrice de Broucker, Statistics Canada, Canada

Enrique Fernandez, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin, Ireland

Masako Kurosawa, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Scott Murray, DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated, Canada

Jürgen Schupp, German Institute for Economic Research DIW in Berlin, Germany

Tom W. Smith, University of Chicago, United States of America

Kea Tijdens, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Robert Willis, Michigan, United States of America

PIAAC Technical Advisory Group

Cees A. W. Glas (Chair), University of Twente, the Netherlands

Thomas Amosse, France

Roel Bosker, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Henry Braun, Boston College, United States of America

Lars Lyberg, Stockholm University, Sweden

Robert Mislevy, University of Maryland, United States of America

Christian Monseur, University of Liège, Belgium

Irini Moustaki, London School of Economics, the United Kingdom

Board of participating countries

Co-Chairs

Aviana Bulgarelli (Italy) (from 2015)

Patrick Bussière (Canada) (2014-15)

Dan McGrath (United States) (2010-16)

Ted Reininga (from 2016)

Delegates

Ecuador: Daniel Zurita

Hungary: Katalin Zoltán

Kazakhstan: Dana Kalenova and Nadezhda Cherkashina

Mexico: Roberto Peña Resendiz

Peru: Gloria Zambrano Rozas

United States: Stephen Provasnik

National project managers

Ecuador: Daniel Zurita

Hungary: Fruzsina Lukács

Kazakhstan: Nadezhda Cherkashina

Mexico: Marina Santos and Roberto Peña Resendiz

Peru: Gloria Zambrano Rozas

OECD secretariat

Jennifer Cannon (Assistant)

Michelle Cherian (Consultant)

Vanessa Denis (Statistician)

Marta Encinas-Martin (Analyst)

Nicolas Jonas (Analyst)

François Keslair (Statistician)

Sabrina Leonarduzzi (Project Assistant)

Luca Marcolin (Analyst)

Marco Paccagnella (Analyst)

Glenda Quintini (Senior Economist)

William Thorn (Senior Analyst and Project Manager)