University of Delaware

Elevating civics education

For the past two years, the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) and the Social Studies Coalition of Delaware (SSCD) have engaged in a statewide initiative to improve social studies teaching and ...
CNN

Test scores for 8th-grade students decline in US history and civics following prior declines in math and reading, report says

Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as ...
Washington Examiner

Nation’s Report Card: Eighth grade civics and history test scores plummet after COVID-19

Students in eighth grade are doing worse in U.S. history and civics than they were in 2018, exacerbating concerns about learning loss, according to data from the National Assessment of Educational ...
The Boston Globe

First civics MCAS finds most Grade 8 students not meeting expectations

Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for achievement more than six years after the state passed new social studies ...