Skills for Success Framework

Complexity

Adult Learning Theory, Assessment, Skills for Success Best Practices, Skills for Success FrameworkASS-1.1, DES-1.3, SFS-2.4

Complexity is a task’s level of difficulty. Skills for Success are necessary for every job, but the skills are used at different levels of complexity depending on the demands of the job.

Lew, Julia & Hardt, Michael D. (2011). Controlling Complexity: An Introduction to Question Structure. SkillPlan B.C. Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council. https://www.skillplan.ca/controlling-complexity/
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2010). Readers’ Guide to Essential Skills Profiles. http://en.copian.ca/library/learning/hrsdc/guide/guide.pdf
Essential Skills Profiles: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/essentialskills
Skill Components and Proficiency Levels: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/learning-steps.html

Document Use

Numeracy, Reading, Skills for Success Framework, WritingDEL-2.1, DES-3.1, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.5, SFS-2.7

Document Use is reading and using signs, labels, lists, maps, entry forms, and other visual and spatial displays of information. Document Use was one of the nine Essential Skills in the original framework. In the Skills for Success Framework, it is a skill that is embedded in Reading, Numeracy, and Writing.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2010). Readers’ Guide to Essential Skills Profiles. http://en.copian.ca/library/learning/hrsdc/guide/guide.pdf
Document Use Self-Assessment. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/tools/document-use-self-assessment.html
Document Use at Work. SkillPlan. https://skillplan.ca/document-use-at-work/
Document Use Workbook. (2017). Skills Compétences Canada. https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DocUse_Final20Nov17_EN.pdf
Skills for Success Framework (2021): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success (2021): https://www.srdc.org/media/553148/sfs-srdc-final-report-en.pdf

Literacy Surveys

Research, Skills for Success Framework

Literacy surveys are assessments designed to identify and measure a range of adult literacy skills in order to compare literacy across demographic groups.

Statistics Canada Backgrounder on the The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS, 1994): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/89f0094x/4198666-eng.pdf?st=OudF4HTH
Canadian Results of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS, 2003): https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/89-617-x/89-617-x2005001-eng.pdf?st=jG_2uaVC
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC, 2011-): http://www.piaac.ca/

Question Structure

Assessment, Numeracy, Reading, Skills for Success Framework, WritingASS-1.1, SFS-3.1, SFS-3.2, SFS-3.3

Question structure and complexity looks at the specific elements of questions that determine their level of difficulty.

Lew, J., & Hardt, M. D. (2011). Controlling complexity: An introduction to question structure. SkillPlan.
Mosenthal, P., & Kirsch, I.S. (1994). Defining the proficiency standards of adult literacy in the U.S.: A profile approach. Retrieved July 27, 2021 from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED379531.pdf

Relationship between Skills for Success and social and economic outcomes

Research, Skills for Success Framework, Social-Economic TheorySFS-1.4

The relationship between Skills for Success and social and economic outcomes is that higher levels of skills leads to increases in GDP, productivity, health outcomes and more.

OECD and HRSDC (1997). Literacy skills for the knowledge society: Further results of the International adult literacy survey https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED465012 (login required).
McCracken, M and Murray, T.S (2007) The economic Benefits of Literacy, CLLRN, Ottawa
Murray, TS, Shillington, R and Glickman, V. (2009). Literacy, health literacy and health: Understanding the links, PHAC, Ottawa
Lange, J and Murray, T.S. (2018). Literacy Lost: Canada’s Basic Skills Shortfall: http://www.dataangel.ca/docs/CWF_LiteracyLost_December2018.pdf

Skills for Success FrameworkDEL-2.1, DES-1.3, DES-3.1, SFS-1.1, SFS-1.2, SFS-1.4, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.4, SFS-2.5

The Skills for Success Framework is based on the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life. Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building new skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction. These skills overlap and interact with each other, and with other technical and life skills. They are inclusive and can be adapted to different contexts.

Launch:

Skills for Success Framework (2021): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success (2021): https://www.srdc.org/media/553148/sfs-srdc-final-report-en.pdf

History & Evolution:

Young Adult Literacy Survey (1986)
Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (1989)
National Adult Literacy Survey (1993)
Jones report (1994): Levels for Basic Skills: a research note for the definition of basic skills and development of measurement instruments. Human Resources Development Canada: technical report.
Mosenthal & Kirsch (1994): Defining the proficiency standards of adult literacy in the U.S.: A profile approach. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED379531.pdf
OECD’s Definition and Selection of Competencies Project (2005): https://www.oecd.org/pisa/35070367.pdf
Human Resources Development Canada’s Essential Skills Research Project (1994)