NAEP - Civics 2006: Educators: Civics Topics Studied

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As part of the civics assessment, twelfth-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?

Topic	1998	2006
	Percentage of students
The United States Constitution	71	72
Political parties, elections, and voting	70	70
Congress	71	69
State and local government	69	69
How laws are made	64	64
The court system	64	63
The President and the cabinet	63	61
Other countries' governments	48	46
International organizations (such as the United Nations)	45	43

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* 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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