Most eighth graders did worse on national U.S. history and civics tests in 2022 than four years ago. ... The measure does not directly correlate to grade-level proficiency.

Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a report known as the Nation's Report Card.

Not only were the average scores on U.S. history tests lower for Black students than White ones, but the decline from 2018 scores to 2022 was 42% greater for Black students.

In 2022, there was a small drop in the proportion of eighth grade students who took a course primarily focused on U.S. history compared with four years earlier. Those students scored 12 points higher ...

A majority of students had also taken a course in eighth grade mainly about U.S. history but that percentage ticked down from 72 percent to 68 percent. For civics, it was roughly 50 percent in ...

The test results showed eighth-grade students’ knowledge of history, ... [Only] 15% of them have a reasonable knowledge of U.S. history,” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said, ...

4th grade: • 21 percent in geography • 27 percent in civics • 20 percent in U.S. history. 8th grade: • 27 percent in geography • 22 percent in civics ...

8th grade US history scores hits all-time low. Historian Jane Hampton Cook discusses if the focus on taking down statues and renaming schools, sports teams and mascots is to blame for low proficiency.