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UW ranks 15th in U.S. History knowledge; national average â??Fâ??

College students receive an â??Fâ? in national history, according to recent results of a civic literacy test given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute to college freshmen and seniors across the nation.

UW-Madison scored 15th out of 50 schools. Seniors scored an average of 58 percent while freshmen scored an average of 52 percent. According to these results, seniors scored only 6 percent more.