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**Quiniacab** · 06-15-2011, 06:50 PM

By STEPHANIE BANCHERO

"WSJ's Stephanie Banchero has details of a National Assessment of Educational Progress study showing students at the fourth, eighth and twelfth grade levels struggle with basic history questions.

Fewer than a quarter of American 12th-graders knew China was North Korea's ally during the Korean War, and only 35% of fourth-graders knew the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, according to national history-test scores released Tuesday.

Don't Know Much About History?
Try your hand at some of the questions on the NAEP history tests.

..The results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that U.S. schoolchildren have made little progress since 2006 in their understanding of key historical themes, including the basic principles of democracy and America's role in the world.

Only 20% of U.S. fourth-graders and 17% of eighth-graders who took the 2010 history exam were "proficient" or "advanced," unchanged since the test was last administered in 2006. Proficient means students have a solid understanding of the material.

.The news was even more dire in high school, where 12% of 12th-graders were proficient, unchanged since 2006. More than half of all seniors posted scores at the lowest achievement level, "below basic." While the nation's fourth- and eighth-graders have seen a slight uptick in scores since the exam was first administered in 1994, 12th-graders haven't."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...WhatsNewsThird

Mac will be glad ta know that he will not have much trouble cornvincin' the current generation of NEA Gubment monopoly trained HS graduates that Socialism wasn't invented by Marx and has been arround fer 2000 years. He can also tell 'em that the USA is the very worst country in the world and is responsible fer all the world's troubles.... N' his real life hero: John PUKE Kerry is a war hero not a treasonous puke that stabed his fellow servicemen in the back, n' werked closley with Hanoi Jane Fonda and the Commies in the North.

Wonderful....future Liberal/Progressive/Socialist/Commie termites waiting fer the kool aid ta fill their little heads.

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Quiniacab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 509 Senior Member	National Test Shows Little Progress in Grasping Democracy, U.S. Role in World. By STEPHANIE BANCHERO "WSJ's Stephanie Banchero has details of a National Assessment of Educational Progress study showing students at the fourth, eighth and twelfth grade levels struggle with basic history questions. Fewer than a quarter of American 12th-graders knew China was North Korea's ally during the Korean War, and only 35% of fourth-graders knew the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, according to national history-test scores released Tuesday. Don't Know Much About History? Try your hand at some of the questions on the NAEP history tests. ..The results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that U.S. schoolchildren have made little progress since 2006 in their understanding of key historical themes, including the basic principles of democracy and America's role in the world. Only 20% of U.S. fourth-graders and 17% of eighth-graders who took the 2010 history exam were "proficient" or "advanced," unchanged since the test was last administered in 2006. Proficient means students have a solid understanding of the material. .The news was even more dire in high school, where 12% of 12th-graders were proficient, unchanged since 2006. More than half of all seniors posted scores at the lowest achievement level, "below basic." While the nation's fourth- and eighth-graders have seen a slight uptick in scores since the exam was first administered in 1994, 12th-graders haven't." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...WhatsNewsThird Mac will be glad ta know that he will not have much trouble cornvincin' the current generation of NEA Gubment monopoly trained HS graduates that Socialism wasn't invented by Marx and has been arround fer 2000 years. He can also tell 'em that the USA is the very worst country in the world and is responsible fer all the world's troubles.... N' his real life hero: John PUKE Kerry is a war hero not a treasonous puke that stabed his fellow servicemen in the back, n' werked closley with Hanoi Jane Fonda and the Commies in the North. Wonderful....future Liberal/Progressive/Socialist/Commie termites waiting fer the kool aid ta fill their little heads.
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