Federal tests find little progress in civics education
Only a tiny percentage of American students achieved superior performance in civics on the 2010 test known as the “nation’s report card,” according to results released Wednesday.
Bigger percentages -- but nowhere near a majority -- of students tested in grades 4, 8 and 12 scored at the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Only fourth-graders showed gains in civics from the federal tests taken a decade earlier.
The average 2010 score for fourth-graders, on a 300-point scale, was three points higher in 2010 than in 2006 and seven points higher than in 1998.
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