The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has a civic literacy exam for all to take:
•Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)
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.
http://www.isi.org/%28X%281%29S%28jwn3vavld5s3u0mbns1gzr45%29%29/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
When you take the exam, you will see how ignorant elected officials are. I suspect that an idiot like Clark County Judge Nancy Allf will score about a 10% on the test.
To take the test, click on the link above and tell us how you did. I got 30 out of 33.
h/t Dad 29
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I got 31. A few of the questions require a fairly high reading comprehension level and proficiency in English. A lot of college educators are foreign-born, and I can see where they might misunderstand the meaning of some of the questions that use words that are not in common English usage.
ReplyDeleteBetter than I did. You are right that you have really have to read the questions carefully. I would say this quiz is probably about a 11th grade to freshmen in college level.
ReplyDelete33 out of 33.
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