Our Clients
Recent clients and projects include:
![The World Bank](images/da_worldbank.jpg)
The World Bank
- Speaker at the World Bank Human Development Forum
- Evaluated current program implementation and provided consulting on improving educational assessment practice in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
- Advising on the design of the national student assessment system in Sierra Leone
- Taught a course on the analysis, dissemination and communication of assessment results in Armenia
- Co-authored Using the Results of a National Assessment of Educational Achievement, National Assessments of Educational Achievement, Volume 5
![Canadian Council on Learning](images/da_cclcca.jpg)
Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
- Article contributed to the Canadian Council for Learning's 2007 State of Learning Report
- Data analysis on health literacy scales derived from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL)
![Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network](images/da_cllrnet.jpg)
Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network
- Directed a segmentation analysis of what it will take to address Canada's adult literacy challenge
- Producing an overview of the economics of literacy based on existing research
- Developing literacy standards for Canada's youth as input to a National Literacy Strategy
![State of Qatar](images/da_qatar.jpg)
State of Qatar
- Overseeing a comparative analysis of data from the OECD's 2006 PISA study, focused on improving the quality of education in the State of Qatar
![UK Department for International Development](images/da_dfiduk.jpg)
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- Technical consulting and training for Pakistan's national educational assessment program
![US Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)](images/da_nces.jpg)
US Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Technical consulting on background questionnaires and development and approval process for educational assessments
![Social Research and Demonstration Corporation Canada](images/da_srdc.jpg)
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Canada (SRDC)
- Developed an assessment of document literacy and numeracy for use in SRDC's Randomized Controlled Literacy Skill Upgrading trial in the Food and Accommodation Industry
![Council of Ministers of Education Canada](images/da_cmec.jpg)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)
- Assisted CMEC in raising funds to supplement the sample in the 2011 PIAAC cycle and identified promising research elements and authors
![Canadian Literacy and Learning Network](images/da_canlit.jpg)
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN)
- Analysis of 2003 IALSS data to provide estimates of earnings increases and reductions in income support payments that would be realized through investment in literacy skills
![Employment and Social Development Canada](images/da_esdc.jpg)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Managed research aspects of a large-scale literacy skill upgrading project in the Wood Buffalo region of northern Alberta
- Managed research aspects of a large-scale literacy skill upgrading project that offers training subsidies to employers conditional upon realizing 25 points or more of skill gain
- Analysis of data and the development of literacy estimates for small areas in Canada using the 2003 PIAAC study
![Ministry of Advanced Education Province of British Columbia](images/da_bcaved.jpg)
Ministry of Advanced Education, Province of British Columbia
- Generated literacy skill profiles for small areas in BC
![BC Colleges Province of British Columbia](images/da_bccolleges.jpg)
BC Colleges, Province of British Columbia
- Managing research aspects of Upskill, a project that upgrades the Essential Skill levels of college students
![Association of Canadian Community Colleges](images/da_accc.jpg)
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)
- Managed research aspects of the National Essential Skills framework project
![Canada West Foundation](images/da_canwest.jpg)
Canada West Foundation
- Analysis of PIAAC data to profile skill shortages in Western Canada and associated costs, benefits and rates of return to investment in literacy