Frequently Asked Questions

• Which countries participated in CivED?
• Who conducted CivEd in the United States?
• How does CivEd differ from NAEP Civics?
• What are the components of CivEd?
• What areas were assessed?
• What is the sample design?
• How can we be sure the data is comparable?
• What can we learn from CivEd?
• When were results released?
• What results were reported?

When were results released?

• The U.S. national in-depth report, entitled What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders: U.S. Results from the International IEA Civic Education Study, was released on April 27, 2001.
• The international release report, produced by IEA and entitled Citizenship and Education in Twenty-Eight Countries: Civic Knowledge and Engagement at Age Fourteen, was released on March 15, 2001.

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