Do you know the pseudonym used by the authors to hide their true identities? Do you know why the Federalist Papers were written? If you have difficulty with any of the above be thankful that you're not about to take the citizenship test to become a bona-fide American, as all three questions are on the test.
Recent ACT test results, while not testing history specifically, showed that only 60% of high schoolers met collegiate success benchmarks in English, 46% in reading, 40% in math and 38% in science.
Put another way -less than half of our high school seniors would score 50% on an American history test.
Other questions on the citizenship test include being able to name the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and how many justices are on the court, name the Vice President, name one U.S. territory, name two rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, the purpose and the author of that document, define the rule of law, name the President during World War I, who we fought in World War II, describe one of the four Constitutional Amendments that deal with voting, name one power that belongs only to the states, one thing Ben Franklin is famous for and the number of members in each house of Congress.
Newly elected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem supports making passing the citizenship test a requirement for high school graduation.
What would it profit our students to become successful in the world but lose their American identity, their freedoms, their heritage of American exceptionalism? Think that's being melodramatic? The ACT scores, coupled with the widespread belief among many educators that a majority of high school seniors would fail our citizenship test, indicate that this is precisely what is at stake.
There is no one silver bullet to overcome this sad situation, but being able to pass the citizenship test would be a giant step forward for our high school seniors.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2018/12/17/could_you_pass_the_citizenship_test_110305.html
Recent ACT test results, while not testing history specifically, showed that only 60% of high schoolers met collegiate success benchmarks in English, 46% in reading, 40% in math and 38% in science.
Put another way -less than half of our high school seniors would score 50% on an American history test.
Other questions on the citizenship test include being able to name the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and how many justices are on the court, name the Vice President, name one U.S. territory, name two rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, the purpose and the author of that document, define the rule of law, name the President during World War I, who we fought in World War II, describe one of the four Constitutional Amendments that deal with voting, name one power that belongs only to the states, one thing Ben Franklin is famous for and the number of members in each house of Congress.
Newly elected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem supports making passing the citizenship test a requirement for high school graduation.
What would it profit our students to become successful in the world but lose their American identity, their freedoms, their heritage of American exceptionalism? Think that's being melodramatic? The ACT scores, coupled with the widespread belief among many educators that a majority of high school seniors would fail our citizenship test, indicate that this is precisely what is at stake.
There is no one silver bullet to overcome this sad situation, but being able to pass the citizenship test would be a giant step forward for our high school seniors.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2018/12/17/could_you_pass_the_citizenship_test_110305.html
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