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Civics topics studied
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As part of the civics assessment, fourth-grade students were asked the following question about the topics they covered in civics or social studies. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students who responded "Yes" within each topic in both 1998 and 2006.

During this school year, have you studied any of the following topics?

  Percentage of students
Topic 1998 2006
Your community 64   66
The President and leaders of our country 58 58
Rights and responsibilities of citizens 50 * 56
Rules and laws of our government 55   53
Elections and voting 46   43
How people try to solve disagreements 43   43
How our government works 43   41

Check for Statistical Significance

To further analyze these data, test for significance, or see corresponding average scores, view the complete data in the NAEP Data Explorer. Click on "Find Out" to check for statistical significance. To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.

Browse the background questionnaires as they were administered as part of the NAEP assessments.

* Significantly different from 2006.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998 and 2006 Civics Assessments.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
National Assessment Governing Board
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education