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Category : GED tests
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Predictors of Success on General Education Development Tests
Author: A Study of the Value of the High School General Education Development Tests as Predictors of College Success
Author: George EdbergPublisher:
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Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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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
The Prediction of Academic Success by the General Educational Development Tests
Author: Edwin H. OlsonResearch in Education
Author: Conclusions and Recommendations on a Study of the General Educational Development Testing Program
Author: American Council on Education. Committee on Evaluation of the Tyler Fact-Finding StudyPublisher:
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Category : GED tests
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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An Evaluation of the Tests of General Educational Development
Author: Paul Leroy DresselPublisher:
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Category : GED tests
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Selected Rehabilitation Abstracts for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors ...
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Category : Vocational rehabilitation
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Comparing the General Education Development (GED) Tests to the ACT Computer-Adaptive Placement Assessment and Support System (Compass) Placement Tests as Predictors for College Readiness
Author: David JoostPublisher:
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Category : Computer adaptive testing
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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