Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Pamphlet - Dept. of the Army
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Catalog
Author: United States Armed Forces InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Catalog
Author: Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Catalog. Supplement
Author: Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Includes bibliography and indexes / subject, personal author, corporate author, title, and media index.
Cumulative Index to the Catalog of the Food and Nutrition Information and Education Material Center 1973-1975
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Manual of Enlisted Navy Job Classifications
Author: United States. Bureau of Naval PersonnelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Accreditation Policies of Institutions of Higher Education for the Evaluation of Educational Experiences of Military Personnel
Author: American Council on Education. Commission on Accreditation of Service ExperiencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accreditation (Education).
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Naval Training Bulletin
Author: The Myth of Achievement Tests
Author: James J. HeckmanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022610012X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
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 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. Using the GED as a case study, 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. Contributors Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin–Madison Andrew Halpern-Manners, Indiana University Bloomington Paul A. LaFontaine, Federal Communications Commission Janice H. Laurence, Temple University Lois M. Quinn, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Pedro L. Rodríguez, Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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