Sentences with phrase «civics exam for»

Civics Exam: Utah State Board Rule 53A -13-109.5 requires that ALL students pass a basic Civics exam for high school graduation.

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She more or less goes her own way in teaching the course, but after the first year of «Civics in Action,» the Boston Public Schools introduce standardized, districtwide midterm and final exams for it, and Levinson worries how her students will do.

For example, just 26 percent of U.S. high - school seniors attained the «proficient» level on the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress civics exam.

While the 2016 election brought a renewed interest in engagement among youth, 4 only 23 percent of eighth - graders performed at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam, and achievement levels have virtually stagnated since 1998.5 In addition, the increased focus on math and reading in K - 12 education — while critical to prepare all students for success — has pushed out civics and other important subjects.

The policy solution that has garnered the most momentum to improve civics in recent years is a standard that requires high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship exam before graduation.6 According to this analysis, 17 states have taken this path.7 Yet, critics of a mandatory civics exam argue that the citizenship test does nothing to measure comprehension of the material8 and creates an additional barrier to high school graduation.9 Other states have adopted civics as a requirement for high school graduation, provided teachers with detailed civics curricula, offered community service as a graduation requirement, and increased the availability of Advance Placement (AP) U.S. government classes.10

Instead Of High School Exit Exams For Civics, Study Suggests SEL Programs Would Be Better Way To Go