The Myth of Achievement Tests : The GED and the Role of Character in American Life /

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Grodsky, Eric (Contribuidor), Halpern-Manners, Andrew (Contribuidor), Heckman, James J. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Humphries, John Eric (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kautz, Tim (Contribuidor, Editor ), LaFontaine, Paul A. (Contribuidor), Laurence, Janice H. (Contribuidor), Quinn, Lois M. (Contribuidor), Rodríguez, Pedro L. (Contribuidor), Warren, John Robert (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Academic achievement > Case studies > Testing > United States.
Academic achievement > United States > Testing > Case studies.
Academic achievement > United States > Testing.
Educational tests and measurements > Standards > United States.
GED tests.
Personality development > Study and teaching.
Personality development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
ged, high school diploma, education, standardized tests, academic achievement, testing, character, success, economics, earning potential, poverty, ses status, family support, college, work, employment, health, conscientiousness, perseverance, sociability, curiosity, accountability, graduation, military, cognition, drop out, nonfiction, sociology, pedagogy, first generation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Achievement Tests and the Role of Character in American Life
  • Part II. The history of the GED
  • 2. An Institutional History of the GED
  • 3. Growth in GED Testing
  • Part III. Evaluating the benefits
  • 4. Who Are the GEDs?
  • 5. The Economic and Social Benefi ts of GED Certifi cation
  • 6. The Military Per for mance of GED Holders
  • Part IV. The GED creates problems
  • 7. The GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out
  • 8. High-Stakes Testing and the Rise of the GED
  • Part V. What can be done to promote character?
  • 9. Fostering and Mea sur ing Skills: Interventions That Improve Character and Cognition
  • 10. What Should Be Done?
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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