Students in more than than 1,500 schools participated in the 2006 civics assessment. The assessment was administered from January to March 2006 to approximately 7,000 students at grade 4, to 9,200 students at grade 8, and to 9,100 students at grade 12. The assessment measured students' knowledge of civics and American government.  

Explore the results of the 2006 civics assessment.

Download a copy of the 2006 Civics Report Card.

• Look at publications about NAEP civics.
• See the NAEP schedule of assessments.

• Learn what the assessment measures and how it was developed.
• Learn who took the assessment and how the assessment was administered.
• Explore sample questions from the assessment and see how they were scored.
• Find out what students know and can do by looking at the NAEP civics scale. Gain a greater understanding of the reading scale by exploring the 2006 civics item map.
• Find out what students should know and be able to do by viewing NAEP civics achievement levels.
• Find out how to interpret the results of the assessment.

• Explore NAEP civics assessment data in the NAEP Data Explorer.