Financial Literacy

 

Instructions: Respond to the following questions in a word document and upload. Show your work or explain in detail how you arrived at your answers.

Only 17 U.S. states require students to take a personal finance course before graduating from high school. Of these, only 6 require that students actually pass the test. 

1. Test your own financial literacy knowledge here (http://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=115931&p=815765), and then discuss your reaction to your score. 
2. Were you satisfied with your score? Were you surprised? 
3. How did you learn the financial knowledge that you do have? 
4. How important is widespread financial literacy to the health of modern society?