* "On
the numeracy scale,
approx. 7.9 million (53%) Australians were assessed at Level 1 or 2, 4.7 million (31%) at Level 3 and 2.4 million (16%) at Level 4/5".
*
On the problem solving scale,
approx. 10.6 million (70%) Australians were assessed at Level 1 or 2,
3.7 million (25%) at Level 3 and 800,000 (5%) at Level 4 (table 1)"
*
ABS
- APPENDIX 1
- LEVELS OF SKILLS
for
PROSE LITERACY, DOCUMENTS
SKILLS, NUMERACY
and PROBLEM SOLVING
-
explains the criteria for ABS's rankings.