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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

Add learning loss stemming from the pandemic, and scores this year actually went down: Only 22 percent of eighth graders demonstrated proficiency in the topic, compared with 24 percent the last time the subject was tested in 2018. government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

A Decline in Civic Understanding The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. History and Civics scores for eighth-grade students sounded an alarm: scores have dropped by an average of five points since 2018 and nine points since 2014. million to $23 million as grants available to states.