Jonathan Collins, a professor of political science, public policy and education at Brown University, talks about the so-called "Nation's Report Card" on civics and U.S. history. The so-called Nation's ...

How would you rate in this live national civics test? High school students from across America will test their knowledge of ...

Eighth graders’ scores in U.S. history and civics dropped on the test known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—a decline that brings student achievement in these subjects back down to 1990s levels. The new ...

As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, discussions about patriotism, civic knowledge and the role of schools ...

Scores in U.S. history and civics for eighth-graders are down across the U.S., according to recent results from the assessment known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” This year’s history scores are the ...

It’s that least wonderful time of the year: every other spring, as flowers bloom, the National Center for Education Statistics releases the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

Eighth-grade U.S. history and civics test scores dropped last year to their lowest levels ever recorded by the Department of Education. These are just the latest declines among subjects tested since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students in the U.S. scored an average of 258 on the history assessment, a 5-point decline from the 2018 results. (Getty Images) ...

Eighth graders scored historically low on recent tests of US history and civics known as the Nation’s Report Card. “History” being significant events in our nation’s past and “civics” encompassing the ...

According to the most recent analysis by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 13 percent of eighth graders are proficient in U.S. history — down from a peak of 18 percent in 2014. A ...

Eighth-grade U.S. history and civics test scores dropped last year to their lowest levels ever recorded by the Department of Education. These are just the latest declines among subjects tested since ...