Pierre, GaelleSanchez Puerta, Maria LauraValerio, AlexandriaRajadel, Tania2014-09-082014-09-082014-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19985The Skills Towards Employability and Productivity (STEP) program was designed to better understand the interplay between skills on the one hand and employability and productivity on the other. The STEP program developed survey instruments tailored to collect data on skills in low- and middle-income country contexts. The present note is a reference document for readers seeking background information on the STEP surveys and for users of the data, which is publicly available through the World Bank s Microdata Catalog. The note describes the design of the survey instruments and the constructs measured as well as the technical standards and implementation protocols adopted to ensure data quality and comparability across countries. It also provides guidance to users for the construction of aggregated skills indicators and for the use of the reading literacy assessment data.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATIONACQUISITION OF SKILLSADULT LITERACYADULT POPULATIONSADULTSADVERTISEMENTSAGE OF ENTRANCEASSESSMENT DESIGNASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKASSESSMENT MATERIALSASSESSMENT OF LITERACYBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC LITERACYBASIC SKILLSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMMUNICATION SKILLSCOMPULSORY EDUCATIONCOMPUTER SKILLSCOMPUTER USECONCEPT OF LITERACYCONSUMER GOODSCONTINUING EDUCATIONCONTINUOUS LEARNINGCOUNSELINGDATA COLLECTIONDECISION MAKINGDECISION-MAKINGDIPLOMASEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEDUCATION AIDEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION STRATEGIESEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSEDUCATIONAL TESTINGENGINEERSENROLLMENTETSEXAMFIELDS OF STUDYFIRST GRADEFORMAL EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSFORMAL SCHOOLINGGENERAL EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINDEXESINNOVATIVE APPROACHESLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING TIMELETLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF LITERACYLEVELS OF LITERACYLIFE SKILLSLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLITERACY ASSESSMENTLITERACY COURSESLITERACY DOMAINLITERACY SKILLSLITERACY SURVEYLITERACY SURVEYSLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATIONMATHEMATICSNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMNUMERACYOCCUPATIONAL SKILLSOCCUPATIONSPERSONALITYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROBLEM SOLVINGPROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLSPROFICIENCYREADERSREADINGREADING ACHIEVEMENTREADING COMPREHENSIONREADING SKILLSREASONINGSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL MATERIALSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL-AGESCHOOL-TYPE ENVIRONMENTSCHOOLINGSCIENTISTSSKILLS ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS REQUIREMENTSSOCIAL BENEFITSTARGET POPULATIONSTECHNICIANSTENURETERTIARY EDUCATIONTRAINING COURSESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SCHOOLWRITING SKILLSWRITTEN LANGUAGE10.1596/19985