That "Civil Literacy" thing.

[packbat]

Okay, so I'm way late getting on board the AmericanCivicLiteracy.org 2008 Civics Quiz (32/33, by the way - I missed the harder Roosevelt question), but I haven't seen this angle approached: Has anyone checked to see if the respondents are literate, full stop? It seems to me that misunderstanding the questions and/or answers (some of which have difficult wordings) could be a factor in the 71% "failure" rate.

Just thinking about possible controls on the test.

Comments

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

I only got 25 out of 33. I pheel dum.

[majoru.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm fairly sure I'm literate (though less so in your dialect), and I scored 21 out of 33 (64%)... which I don't think is so bad given I'm not Americian, heh.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

29/33; I was wrong on 4, 7, 8 and 14. The West Wing may have been helpful for a couple of answers, like the easier FDR question.