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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.

The Myth of Achievement Tests

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    A Hardback by James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 1/9/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226100098, 978-0226100098
      ISBN10: 022610009X
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      Education: examinations and assessment Secondary schools

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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