| Percentage of assessment time in 2010 NAEP civics, by grade and content area | ||||
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| Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 12 | ||
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| I. | What are civic life, politics, and government? |
26 | 15 | 11 |
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| II. | What are the foundations of the American political system? |
18 | 24 | 20 |
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| III. | How does the government established by the Constitution embody the purposes, values, and principles of American democracy? |
15 | 26 | 25 |
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| IV. | What is the relationship of the United States to other nations and to world affairs? |
11 | 13 | 20 |
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| V. | What are the roles of citizens in American democracy? |
30 | 21 | 25 |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2010 Civics Assessment. | ||||
