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Time spent on social studies

 GRADE 4
GRADE 8

As part of the civics assessment, teachers of eighth-grade students were asked the following question about the amount of time they spent on social studies instruction. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category.

About how much time in total do you spend with your class on social studies instruction in a typical week?

A. Less than 1 hour
B. 1–2.9 hours
C. 3–4.9 hours
D. 5–6.9 hours 
E. 7 hours or more

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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 Civics Assessment.

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