Arizona: Goldwater Institute Civics Test

by David Safier
I posted yesterday about Matthew Ladner's poll showing that high school students don't know basic civics. I'm sure he's right, and I think schools should do better, but I accused him of playing "Ain't it awful?" with the data -- taking a pot shot at public schools by hyping a genuine finding.

No more Mister Nice Guy. The survey is crap, and Ladner's reporting of it is crappier. It's typical of the worst kind of G.I. "research," where you take your information, massage it for the results you want and publish those as if they are gold plated findings.

Let's looks at a few quotes from Tuesday's G.