Posted on 09/19/2007 9:27:58 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Harvard, even though it scored the highest, was among elite U.S. colleges where students proved dismal in their knowledge of civics and history, a report said.
The non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute analyzed scores of a test given to 14,419 freshmen and seniors at 50 U.S. colleges last fall, USA Today reported Tuesday.
Overall, the freshmen tested averaged 50.4 percent on a civic literacy test, while the seniors tested averaged 54.2 percent.
Seniors tested at Harvard had the highest overall average at 69.6 percent, nearly 6 points higher than its freshmen but still a D-plus, said the ISI report.
A Harvard senior was the only student among the 14,419 tested to get 100 percent correct.
Yale had the highest scoring freshman at 68.94 percent with freshmen at Princeton, Duke and Cornell also out scoring seniors who took the test, the report said.
William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told USA Today students have fewer civics requirements because the value of higher education more often is defined by knowledge of economics.
You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.2%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.2%
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #27 - D. Man trusts his ability to know in order to reject his ability to know.
Question #33 - C. To receive ambassadors.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #39 - D. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
Question #50 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends.
Question #54 - D. can be reversed by government spending more than it taxes.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
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Eh, not bad.
Not bad at all. beat ya by only one.
You answered 54 out of 60 correctly — 90.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.1%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.1%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #5 - D. Yorktown
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Question #60 - B. social security.
You’re not surprised, are you?
Woohooo!
Fun thread!!
I wnet to UB and got an 85..
Well, now I feel like a moron. I blame public school for my pathetic 65%. I’ll rest in shame that I’m officially the dumbest person on this thread... :(
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