The Federal Government has revised their citizenship exam to make it more meaningful, say representatives of the U.S. government. The new exam will focus less on trivia such as the name of the president’s house and more on concrete aspects of American democracy. This new exam will be pilot tested in volunteers in various cities in the U.S. this winter.
“The idea is not to toss up roadblocks, it’s to make sure people who apply for citizenship and want to become citizens understand and adhere to the values we have as a society, the values that are part of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” said Shawn Saucier, a spokesman for the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
During this pilot process, USCIS officials hope to work out any problems with the revised test and conduct a variety of quality assurance tests. USCIS plans to use the finalized, new citizenship test in early 2008.