Toward a Statewide Measure of Civic Competence: Implementing a High-Stakes Standardized Civics Assessment in Rhode Island

• In Event: Politics of K-12 Education

Brief Overview

This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of the proposed RICAS Grade 8 Civics Assessment, which would be a novel measure of civic knowledge and readiness among Rhode Island students.

Author

• Dennis Haggerty, University of Rhode Island