Research and analysis

Review of the evidence on numeracy skills interventions for adults

A review of the evidence base for interventions intended to improve numeracy skills among adults with below Level 2 qualifications in mathematics.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 January 2023
• Last updated: 7 March 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Numeracy skills interventions for adults (19+): a systematic review of the evidence

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-455-1, RR1319

PDF, 1.07 MB, 127 pages

Numeracy skills interventions for adults (19+): a systematic review of the evidence summary

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-451-3, RR1319

PDF, 732 KB, 33 pages

Details

This research aims to inform the development of policy in this area as part of the UK government’s Multiply programme.

The review looks at:

• the lessons that can be learnt from adult skills policy in this area over the past 20 years
• what is known about adults (19+) in the UK who have limited numeracy skills (below Level 2)
• the approaches that seem to be the most and least successful in supporting different groups of adults to improve their numeracy skills, up to and including Level 2

Published 26 January 2023
Last updated 7 March 2023 + show all updates

1. 7 March 2023

   Added 'Numeracy skills interventions for adults (19+): a systematic review of the evidence summary' in the the Welsh language and added Welsh translations to the page.

2. 26 January 2023

   First published.