Education Week – Andrew Ujifusa
“Amid long-standing national angst over the amount of knowledge that American public school students have of civics, one organization’s push to make the test administered to prospective U.S. citizens a high school graduation requirement is finding early momentum in many states…Prospective citizens must answer six out of 10 questions from an item bank of 100 questions on the Citizenship and Immigration Services exam. The questions cover the U.S. Constitution, branches of government, American history, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Questions include: “What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?” and “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.””(more)