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The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation reports:
Just a third of Americans can pass a multiple choice "U.S. Citizenship Test", fumbling over such simple questions as the cause of the cold war or naming just one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
And of Americans 45 and younger, the passing rate is a tiny 19 percent, according to a survey done for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Worse: The actual test only requires that 60 percent of the answers be correct. In the survey, just 36 percent passed.
Among the embarrassing errors uncovered in the survey of questions taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test and conducted by Lincoln Park Stragtegies:
- 72 percent of respondents either incorrectly identified or were unsure of which states were part of the 13 original states.
- 24 percent could correctly identify one thing Benjamin Franklin was famous for, with 37 percent believing he invented the lightbulb.
- 12 percent incorrectly thought WWII General Dwight Eisenhower led troops in the Civil War.
- 2 percent said the Cold War was caused by climate change.
Also at Sputnik and The Tri-City Herald
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1-in-3 Pass `US Citizenship Test,' Just 19% for Americans 45 and Younger
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Most of our lives are about proving something, either to ourselves or to
someone else.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @09:37PM (7 children)
Perhaps?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:00PM (2 children)
Bad education system perhaps?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:01PM (1 child)
Can it be considered bad when it meets its objective?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:03PM
Only 2% thought the cold war was caused climate change, proof positive that common core has failed!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by rigrig on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:34PM (3 children)
Looks to me like they used a pretty good strategy.
I mean, the goal was obviously to come up with a good headline, which they did.
I especially like how they turned
into
Also [uscis.gov]:
Wouldn't surprise me at all if somehow this survey managed to pick just the 10 questions most people get wrong.
(I got 85% on that practice test, and I'm not even American)
No one remembers the singer.
(Score: 3, Funny) by mrpg on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:53PM (2 children)
Me too, 85%, me too, not even US citizen.
BTW if you turn off javascript it shows all the options with their correct/incorrect mark.
(Score: 3, Funny) by kazzie on Friday October 05 2018, @06:58AM (1 child)
Did you turn off Javascript 15% of the way through?
(Score: 2) by mrpg on Friday October 05 2018, @11:05PM
Haha I turned it on after the first question :-) I wanted a real "grade".