Research Piece 4 JUL / 2014 Gateway to Growth: what employers need from education and skills Half of employers are concerned about potential weaknesses in their employees' numeracy skills
Research Piece 1 MAR / 2014 The Long Term Costs of Numeracy Difficulties Low numeracy costs the public purse £765 million per year
Research Piece 19 DEC / 2013 Returns to skills around the world Wage return on numeracy skills is relatively high in the UK at around 24%
Research Piece 3 DEC / 2013 PISA 2012 Results: Ready to Learn - Attitude (Volume III) Attitude – perseverance, motivations, and self-belief – can help to overcome other forms of disadvantage.
Research Piece 3 DEC / 2013 PISA 2012 Results: Ready to Learn - Students' Engagement, Drive and Self-Beliefs (Volume III) Both parents and environmental factors play a role in shaping children’s mathematical knowledge and dispositions
Research Piece 3 DEC / 2013 Programme for International Student Assessment The OECD ranks performance in maths of 15-year-olds in the UK as "average"
Research Piece 1 OCT / 2013 Too Young to Fail: Giving all children a fair start in life Fewer than one in six children from low-income families who have fallen behind by the age of seven will go on to achieve five good GCSEs
Research Piece 1 OCT / 2013 Family Learning Works: The inquiry into Family Learning in England and Wales Can family learning help close the skills gap?
Research Piece 1 JUL / 2013 The Employment Equation Maths skills are important to the workplace, but their application is not always straightforward
Research Piece 1 JUN / 2013 The intergenerational transfer of numeracy skills Children’s numerical ability scores were positively associated with their parents’ numeracy levels
