The Myth of Achievement Tests : The GED and the Role of Character in American Life
James J. Heckman
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (469 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction; 1. Achievement Tests and the Role of Character in American Life - James J. Heckman and Tim Kautz; Part II. The History of the GED; 2. An Institutional History of the GED - Lois M. Quinn; 3. Growth in GED Testing - John Eric Humphries; Part III. Evaluating the Benefits; 4. Who Are the GEDs? - James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz; 5. The Economic and Social Benefits of GED Certification - James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz; 6. The Military Performance of GED Holders - Janice H. Laurence. - Part IV. The GED Creates Problems7. The GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out - James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Paul A. LaFontaine, and Pedro L. Rodríguez; 8. High-Stakes Testing and the Rise of the GED - Andrew Halpern-Manners, John Robert Warren, and Eric Grodsky; Part V. What Can Be Done to Promote Character?; 9. Fostering and Measuring Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition - James J. Heckman and Tim Kautz; 10. What Should Be Done? - James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz; List of Contributors; Index. - Achievement tests play an important role in modern societies. They are used to evaluate schools, to assign students to tracks within schools, and to identify weaknesses in student knowledge. The GED is an achievement test used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes it. GED recipients currently account for 12 percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the United States. But do achievement tests predict success in life?The Myth of Achievement Tests shows that achievement tests like the GED fail to measure important life skills. James
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| ISBN | 9780226100098
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