Projects on Competencies in the OECD Context - Analysis - DeSeCo

In response to a growing demand from national authorities for output-orientedinformation about schools, several initiatives in the OECD context have worked towardsconceptualizing and developing new measures of learning outcomes for studentsand the general population. This report focuses on three such projects, theCross-Curricular Competencies Project, the International Adult Literary Survey, andthe Human Capital Indicators Project. These activities are examined at the theoreticaland conceptual level by analyzing the processes associated with the selection,definition and conceptualization of competencies, and the empirical considerationsapplied.This report is the initial activity of the OECD program Definition and Selection ofCompetencies: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations (DeSeCo). Initiated in 1998,DeSeCo is a three-year program that seeks to develop, through international andinterdisciplinary collaboration, a framework for understanding the competencies thatan individual needs to lead a personally and socially successful life and for a democraticsociety to face the challenges of the present and the future.Order Number: Orders: Price:312-9900 032 713 60 60 Fax: 032 713 60 61 Sfr. 6.– ISBN 3-303-15197-0