{"product_id":"the-myth-of-achievement-tests-the-ged-and-the-role-of-character-in-american-life-paperback","title":"The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames J. Heckman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAchievement 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Achievement Tests\u003c\/i\u003e shows that achievement tests like the GED fail to measure important life skills. James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz, and a group of scholars offer an in-depth exploration of how the GED came to be used throughout the United States and why our reliance on it is dangerous. Drawing on decades of research, the authors show that, while GED recipients score as well on achievement tests as high school graduates who do not enroll in college, high school graduates vastly outperform GED recipients in terms of their earnings, employment opportunities, educational attainment, and health. The authors show that the differences in success between GED recipients and high school graduates are driven by character skills. Achievement tests like the GED do not adequately capture character skills like conscientiousness, perseverance, sociability, and curiosity. These skills are important in predicting a variety of life outcomes. They can be measured, and they can be taught. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using the GED as a case study\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the authors explore what achievement tests miss and show the dangers of an educational system based on them. They call for a return to an emphasis on character in our schools, our systems of accountability, and our national dialogue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Halpern-Manners, Indiana University Bloomington\u003cbr\u003e Paul A. LaFontaine, Federal Communications Commission\u003cbr\u003e Janice H. Laurence, Temple University\u003cbr\u003e Lois M. Quinn, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\u003cbr\u003e Pedro L. Rodríguez, Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration\u003cbr\u003e John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames J. Heckman \u003c\/b\u003eis 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. \u003cb\u003eJohn Eric Humphries\u003c\/b\u003e is a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. \u003cb\u003eTim Kautz\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and the recipient of a National Science Foundation fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47507226755250,"sku":"9780226324807","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/R6idrLmxZD9780226324807.webp?v=1779576056","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-myth-of-achievement-tests-the-ged-and-the-role-of-character-in-american-life-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}