Following the release of NAEP standardized test scores showing a drop in students’ knowledge, civics education experts offer a prescription for how to do better.

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to ...

Another set of test results shows the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American students: National history scores dropped yet again, and eighth graders lost significant ground in civics for the ...

Before reciting the oath of allegiance before a judge, aspiring U.S. citizens must pass an oral civics test. The test ...

Since its adoption for fall 2021, the Purdue civics knowledge test has been taken more than 15,000 times by more than 13,000 students. To date, all graduating students who needed to fulfill the Civics ...

A bill that has passed the Iowa House and Senate would require high school students to pass the same exam immigrants take to become citizens.

Can you pass the test that could soon be required for high school graduation? KCCI went to Gray's Lake Park in Des Moines Monday morning to put some Iowans to the test.

Iowa students will be required to pass a civics test to graduate high school under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed. Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, the new measure makes it mandatory for ...

How will the required civics test to graduate high school in Iowa work? High schoolers will be required to earn a score of at least 60% on the civics test to graduate, but students can retake the ...

It is no surprise that the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress found eighth graders performed as poorly on history and civics tests as any year measured since the 1990s.