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The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life
Heckman, James J, Humphries, John Eric, Kautz, Tim
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Hardcover. The GED is used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes the test. Recipients account for twelve percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the US. But do achievement tests predict success in life? This book explores how the GED came to be used throughout the US and why our reliance on it is dangerous. Editor(s): Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Kautz, Tim. Num Pages: 464 pages, 153 figures, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 37. Weight in Grams: 912.
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 used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes the test. Recipients currently account for twelve percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the United States. But do achievement tests predict success in life? With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz, and a group of scholars explore how the GED came to be used ... Read more
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 used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes the test. Recipients currently account for twelve percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the United States. But do achievement tests predict success in life? With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz, and a group of scholars explore how the GED came to be used ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226100098
SKU
V9780226100098
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About Heckman, James J, Humphries, John Eric, Kautz, Tim
James J. Heckman is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is the director of the Economics Research Center at the University of Chicago and codirector of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, an initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking ... Read more
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