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1-in-3 pass ‘US Citizenship test,’ just 19% for Americans 45 and younger
Washington Examiner ^ | Octoberr 3., 2018 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 10/03/2018 10:31:28 AM PDT by C19fan

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: citizenship; citizenshiptest; civics

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