National Assessment of Educational Progress. Citizenship: Group Results B. Preliminary Report 9. 1969-70 Assessment. Parental Education, Color, Size and Type of Community

The objective of this report, the third in a series, is to compare and assess the citizenship achievement of four age groups by educational level of the parent, color of the respondent, and type of community. Previous citizenship assessment reports are described in ED 049 111, ED 049 112, ED 049 113, and SO 002 917. Citizenship exercises incorporating forty objectives grouped into nine major citizenship goals were administered to respondents who indicated level of parent education. The color of each respondent was noted by the exercise administrator. Earlier National Assessment reports gave results for four sizes of community. A problem which occurs in interpreting results, the fact that characteristics such as color, type of community, and parental education are highly related in the population sampled, was offset in this study by the use of balancing methodology. Findings for all ages combined show that, in general, respondents from educationally advantaged homes and affluent communities achieve substantially more than those from less advantaged settings. More specifically, findings show that: respondents whose parents had education beyond high school succeeded about 12% more often; those from affluent suburban neighborhoods succeeded about 11% over inner city areas, and over rural areas about 9% more often; and Non-Blacks succeeded about 11% more often than Blacks on the Citizenship exercises. Five appendices are included. (Author/SJM) Primary type of information provided by report: Results (Subgroup).