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4 factors that contributed to the record low history scores for US eighth graders

  • Written by Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, Associate Professor of Education Research & Director, I-REEED, University of North Dakota
4 factors that contributed to the record low history scores for US eighth gradersTest scores for history began their decline about a decade ago.Don Mason via Getty Images

When national student test scores revealed recently that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as an “outright failure that should concern every parent across the country.”

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