The Oklahoma Council of Public Affair, a conservative public policy research organization commissioned a study aimed at determining the level of basic civics knowledge of Oklahoma High School students. To their dismay the study revealed that only 23% of students knew that our first President was George Washington and only 2.8% of the students scored well enough on the test to be eligible for US citizenship. The study was done by Strategic Visions on behalf of the Council. They took ten questions randomly selected from the one hundred used by US Citizenship and Immigration Services to test applicants for citizenship. To become citizens, applicants have to get six out of ten correct. Here are the questions and results. Question Percentage of Correct Answers […]
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
2.8% Of Oklahoma High School Students Pass Citizenship Test
Author: GARY NORTON
Source: Daily Kos
Publication Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 07:07:35 AM PDT
Link: 2.8% Of Oklahoma High School Students Pass Citizenship Test
Source: Daily Kos
Publication Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 07:07:35 AM PDT
Link: 2.8% Of Oklahoma High School Students Pass Citizenship Test
Stephan: We are creating a generation of people who know nothing of their actual past, nothing as to how the government is set up and is supposed to run, and whose opinions are formed almost without reference to facts. A democracy can not long endure on this basis.
Thanks to Judy Tart.
