More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...

When the blueprint for the nation’s report card on civics was last updated, in 1996, there was no social media, no super PACs in campaign finance, and no federal Department of Homeland Security. Now, ...

As the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolled out a revised civics test this week for aspiring Americans, The Washington Post tested readers with some of the tougher new questions. More than ...

Students who studied the U.S. Constitution “a lot” outperformed those who studied it less or not at all on the 2022 NAEP civics exam. (iStock) Perspective by Valerie Strauss The release this month of ...

Jonathan Collins, a professor of political science, public policy and education at Brown University, talks about the so-called "Nation's Report Card" on civics and U.S. history. The so-called Nation's ...