Aufsatz(elektronisch)2016

Testing Civics: State-Level Civic Education Requirements and Political Knowledge

In: American political science review, Band 110, Heft 3, S. 495-511

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Abstract

Do state-level exams in civics have a positive impact on young people's civic knowledge? We hypothesize that civics exams have the biggest effect in states where they are a requirement for high school graduation—theincentivehypothesis. We further hypothesize that civics requirements have the biggest effect on young people with less exposure to information about the U.S. political system at home, specifically Latinos and, especially, immigrants—thecompensationhypothesis. We test these hypotheses with the 2006 and 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics test administered to high school students, and with a large national survey of 18–24 year-olds. Across the two datasets, we find modest support for the incentive hypothesis and strong support for the compensation hypothesis.

Sprachen

Englisch

Verlag

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN: 1537-5943

DOI

10.1017/s0003055416000368

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