@inbook{24c10adbbc314691b4e1b39f19a2c54b,
title = "Governing Adult Learning Through Influencing Public Debate: How the Media Use PIAAC Data in Denmark, Italy and the United Kingdom",
abstract = "This chapter examines how visible the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is in widely read newspapers in Denmark, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and how those newspapers use PIAAC data. Analysing 83 articles, editorials and opinion pieces, using a common protocol, it shows that press reporting of PIAAC tends to confirm general standards for adult learning. PIAAC data and PIAAC{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}implicit{\textquoteright} benchmarking of Level 3 in adults{\textquoteright} performances support European standard setting in adult learning. When national governments ask international organisations to do {\textquoteleft}objective{\textquoteright} evaluations, the latter{\textquoteright}s power is enhanced. How PIAAC data is used by different newspapers varies not only between countries but also according to the role each newspaper plays within national debates.",
keywords = "Adult education, PIAAC, public media, Education Policy, Comparative analysis",
author = "Marcella Milana and Sandra Vatrella and Gosia Klatt and Palle Rasmussen and Anne Larson",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-14109-6_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-14108-9",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "193--215",
editor = "John Holford and Pepka Boyadjieva and Sharon Clancy and G{\"u}nter Hefler and Ivana Studen{\'a}",
booktitle = "Lifelong Learning, Young Adults and the Challenges of Disadvantage in Europe",
}