One in three Americans would 'fail citizenship test'

[jtheb]

A survey has found that around one third of U.S. citizens would fail the country's citizenship test for immigrants.
The study, conducted by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio, found that one in three respondents would fail the civics portion of the test given to those applying for U.S. citizenship.

More than 1,000 Americans over the age of 18 were asked 10 random questions from the civics test, which asks about US history and government topics.

Of those questioned, 35 per cent were unable to answer the pass mark of five correctly.


There are two parts to the citizenship exam, namely the English test and the civics test.
In the English test, an applicant's ability to speak, read and write using the language are all assessed.
In the civics portion, the applicant is quizzed on US history and government topics.

According to U.S. News and World Report, 97 per cent of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship pass the tes

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[Lee]

Well if they would quit giving standardized tests all the time, teaching a socialist agenda and telling students WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think and got down to actually teaching history and govt., English, math and science it might be a different story!

[sukie72962]

It was like that when my Aunt took her citizenship test in the early 70's. She had to know more about this country than I had to learn about in school.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Lee

Well if they would quit giving standardized tests all the time, teaching a socialist agenda and telling students WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think and got down to actually teaching history and govt., English, math and science it might be a different story!