IEA Civic Education Study Series

International assessment of the civic knowledge and skills of 14-year-olds in 28 countries. Conducted under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement(IEA). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsored the 1999 IEA Civic Education Study was measured by a total civic knowledgea scale composed of 2 subscales: civic content and civic skills. Civic content refers to knowledge of content, such as characteristics of democracies. Civic skills refers to the interpretative skills needed to understand civic-related information (e.g. the skills needed to make sense of a newspaper article).   Contains:  (1) IEA Civic Education Study, 1999: Civic Knowledge and Engagement Among 14-Year-Olds in 23 European Countries, Australia, Chile, Colombia, Hong Kong, and the United States (2) IEA Civic Education Study, 1999: [United States].  2002 is on the DSS server. 2009 and 2016 can be found on the IEA site.