Full Civic Literacy Exam
“Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.”
Take it here: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx.
My score: You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
It’s a decent test, I’m shocked to see scores so low. Of course, it gets better. And by “better”, I mean “worse”.
“OF THE 2,508 PEOPLE surveyed, 164 say they have held an elected government office at least once in their life. Their average score on the civic literacy test is 44%, compared to 49% for those who have not held an elected office. Officeholders are less likely than other respondents to correctly answer 29 of the 33 test questions.” — From http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html
Got that? Our leaders on average are more ignorant of American Civics than the rest of us.
Cool quiz. I got 10/10 although I admit I had to guess on the anti-federalists question.
Right on!
Oddly enough, there were more questions when I took it. I wonder if they cycle out the tests or randomly change the questions.
The anti-federalists are like the crazy uncle at a family gathering, everyone knows he’s there, but no one talks about him
As Plato said, those who do not participate in their political process are destined to be governed by their inferiors.
Too true.