Mesogen
11-25-2008, 03:16 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/od_afp/ushistoryeducationoffbeat
US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.
Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).
Here is the quiz.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
I got 90% (missed 3 toward the end that were worded strangely.)
US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.
Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).
Here is the quiz.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
I got 90% (missed 3 toward the end that were worded strangely.)