Myth of Achievement Tests - The Ged and the Role of Character in American Life

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.

About the author

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 and the Becker Friedman Institute. John Eric Humphries is a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Tim Kautz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and the recipient of a National Science Foundation fellowship.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: James J. Humphries Heckman, John Eric Kautz Humphries
• Assisted by: James J. Heckman (Editor), Heckman James J. (Editor), John Eric Humphries (Editor), Humphries John Eric (Editor), Tim Kautz (Editor), Kautz Tim (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2014
• EAN: 9780226100098
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10009-8
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Secondary Schools, United States of America, USA, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary