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Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 5:29 pm
by blwall1416
The survey asks 33 basic civics questions, many taken from other nationally recognized instruments like the U.S. Citizenship Exam. It also asks 10 questions related to the U.S. Constitution.
So what did we find? Well, to put it simply, the results are not pretty.
Elected officials at many levels of government, not just the federal government, swear an oath to "uphold and protect" the U.S. Constitution.
But those elected officials who took the test scored an average 5 percentage points lower than the national average (49 percent vs. 54 percent), with ordinary citizens outscoring these elected officials on each constitutional question.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/re ... /quiz.aspx
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 5:30 pm
by jbock13
Some politians probably knew what the correct answer was, they just didn't like it.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 5:50 pm
by flamesfan30
i took it and got 31 out of 33, for 93%
but then again im a government major.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 7:47 pm
by LUconn
I got a 93 too. But to be honest I didn't know the answers on a few and was able to just make a logical guess. Especially since there was an obvious conservative leaning throughout the test. And a question like #30 isn't really a factual question. A question like "which would a government do?" is pretty subjective
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 7:57 pm
by flamesbball84
26 out of 33 and that was one dang tough quiz - I had no clue on a few of them.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 8:13 pm
by jbock13
LUconn wrote:I got a 93 too. But to be honest I didn't know the answers on a few and was able to just make a logical guess. Especially since there was an obvious conservative leaning throughout the test. And a question like #30 isn't really a factual question. A question like "which would a government do?" is pretty subjective
Exactly the same I thought. Decreasing taxes and increase spending? That's what we like to call a DEFICIT
I got a 29 out of 33, but I'll say I got 30 out of 33 because #30 is wrong
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 9:21 pm
by flamesfan30
i took #30 as what would an american government be most likely to do, not what they should do.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 9:34 pm
by ATrain
30/33, and I got #30 right. I read it as what a government would likely do, not what it should do.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 18th, 2011, 9:57 pm
by BJWilliams
I got 27/33 and I got #30 wrong.
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 19th, 2011, 10:53 am
by RubberMallet
29/33
Re: Civic Literacy: Pols-45%, Public-49%, Profs-55%, You?
Posted: January 24th, 2011, 11:26 pm
by phoenix
29/33
Got 30 wrong, too.