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When the aging archaeologist has dug his last flake of earth, will he be able to uphold his long-time vow to defend his Christian tradition? He has hoped to find archaeological proof of the biblical kingdom of David-but he has not considered the effect his quest will have on his faith. Paul Gartin is a respected archaeologist. Raised and educated in an environment steeped in fundamentalism and deeply conservative Christianity, his life comes to focus on a quest for archeological evidence supporting the biblical record. Gartin's odyssey takes him to the Middle East, where he encounters the...

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,...