Civics Quiz

[Dave Sinkula]

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/

MAJOR FINDINGS

• College Seniors Failed a Basic Test on America's History and Institutions.
• Colleges Stall Student Learning about America.
• America's Most Prestigious Universities Performed the Worst.
• Inadequate College Curriculum Contributes to Failure.
• Greater Learning about America Goes Hand-in-Hand with More Active Citizenship.

Take the Quiz

My results:

You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.0%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.0%

(One of my answers was a braino.)

[jbennet]

• College Seniors Failed a Basic Test on America's History and Institutions.
• Colleges Stall Student Learning about America.
• America's Most Prestigious Universities Performed the Worst.
• Inadequate College Curriculum Contributes to Failure.

Wow you american colleges mustnt be very good then. Im british and i got 32 out of 60 correct - 53%

all i used was my common sense (i studied a tiny bit about the cold war and the depression/new deal)

[twomers]

I dunno, Dave, .... 60 questions is a lot ... I got bored after question 12 ... I'd do miserably though. I know nothing!