National Numeracy & The National Numeracy Challenge Youth Employment Conference 13 th May 2014...

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National Numeracy & The National Numeracy Challenge

Youth Employment Conference

13th May 2014

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78% of adults in England are working below L2 (A*-C at GCSE)Copyright © National Numeracy 2014. All right reserved

17 million adults

(49% working age population) at levels expected of children at primary school

The landscape: England

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The landscape: the UK

Across the UK c. 3/4 of the adult population are working at a level below the minimum expected standard of school leavers


Literacy levels have improved, numeracy levels have declined…

Adults with Skills Equivalent to ‘C’ or Above at GCSE in England

Poor Numeracy Costs the Nation

A team of PBE volunteers took on this research challenge, producing analysis that puts, as its central, conservative estimate, the cost to the UK of poor adult numeracy at £20.2 billion per year (or about 1.3% of GDP).

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OECD - PIAAC 2013The impact of good numeracy

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Likelihood of Positive Social and Economic OutcomesAmong Highly Proficient Adults

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ds r

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“good” to “excellent”

health

high levels of trust

participation in volunteer activities

high levels of political efficacy

high wagesbeing employed

Literacy

Numeracy

‘Good numeracy is the best protection against unemployment, low wages and poor health’

Andreas Schleicher OECD2nd Dec 2013


Our vision: to change this cycle…


Our Essentials of Numeracy

Being Numerate is knowing what to do with the tools…

…so that you can use quantitative information to make good decisions

Being numerate – it is more than knowledge…


Understand the value of

maths in everyday life.

Ability is not fixed.

Develop a ‘can-do’ attitude. Recognise that everyone

struggles in order to succeed - its part of the learning process.

Recognise the benefits of improving numeracy.

Attitudes and building ‘mathematical resilience’…


1. A challenge to the UK to:

Change attitudes Improve numeracy levels of the 78%

below equivalent of ‘C’ at GCSE

2. A challenge to: Employers & UnionsAdult education bodiesCommunity organisations Individualsto work with us to effect this change.

3. An interactive website designed to:

assess an adult’s everyday maths skills provide a suite of learning which will improve their

skills and confidence and track their progress

The National Numeracy Challenge – 1 million adults over next 5 years…


The Challenge journey


Some of the Challenge partners


They will:

promote the Challenge and encourage wider take-up

act as first point of contact encourage and support participants

… supporting:

learners within their organisation or within the community

National Numeracy in promoting the Challenge across the UK

Challenge Champions

The Challenge Online Progress

Some data into user activity on the Challenge Online

31,688

20,273


Established:

A new Research Centre for Numeracy and Literacy

… to explore:

Behavioural and pedagogical ‘nudges’ to support numeracy and build resilience

Deploying the EAST (Easy, Attractive, Social, Timely) methodology

Using analysis of Challenge data - both regression + RCTs

Working with BIT

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