Monday, July 20, 2009

Goldwatered Down

The Goldwater Institute recently released a "study" which they claim indicates public schools are not doing a good job educating kids about civics. The scores were pretty poor, with only 1 in 10 students passing the "test" which was administered over the phone.

Guess who else doesn't know much about about civics.

Adults.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute also released a report. They found that seventy-one percent of Americans fail the test, with an overall average score of 49%.

You can take their test on-line.

Go take the test and see how well you do. Now, decide if that score is solely due to your schooling or did your parents, friends, experiences play in a role in it as well.

Or did you sleep through history class?

I scored a 90%, getting 30 of 33 correct. That is pretty good, because I teach government. Two of the questions I missed were on economics, which thankfully I do not teach.

1 comment:

  1. Very interesting test. I scored 87.88% that's 29 out of 33.
    Frank Bing

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