This reviewer-facing page defines SMART-D details for the Democracy requirement group: Civic Education.
Phase Boundary: Requirements review only. Metrics scoring, report-card use, legislative mapping, issue grades, member grades, rollups, leaderboards, and action tools are disabled for this reviewer-facing page.
Red text = bad current value, bad trend, missing critical data, or unfavorable gap. Green text = favorable value or improving trend. Amber text = context-dependent, incomplete, or source-method review needed. Neutral/gray text = descriptive value that is not inherently good or bad.
| Requirement | Metric / Measurement | Top Countries / Sources | Value to the American People | Gap / Target / Timeframe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEM-FUN-027: Civic Education Requirement: The system shall explain democratic concepts, such as checks and balances, rule of law, judicial independence, voting rights, and oversight, in plain English. Verification: Readability review, public page review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate civic education and democratic-literacy indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Potential source families include NAEP Civics, state civics standards, civic knowledge surveys, and education reporting sources. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Helps citizens understand democratic rights, responsibilities, institutions, evidence, and public decision-making. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |
| DEM-FUN-028: Civic Education Requirement: The system shall identify high-performing democracies and best-practice models for elections, transparency, trust, anti-corruption, legislative responsiveness, and civic participation. Verification: Source registry, benchmark documentation, metrics methodology review. Review Status: Draft / source-method review required |
Current Metric: Candidate civic education and democratic-literacy indicator set; source-method review required. Current Value: Not yet approved for scoring. Current Trend: Not yet approved for scoring. Automation Feasibility: To be assessed during metrics development. Trend Meaning: No trend should be interpreted until the source, formula, baseline period, and limitations are approved. |
Source-Method Review: Required Potential source families include NAEP Civics, state civics standards, civic knowledge surveys, and education reporting sources. Comparator Caution: Democracy comparators are useful for context but should not be treated as one-to-one targets without method review. |
Helps citizens understand democratic rights, responsibilities, institutions, evidence, and public decision-making. | Gap: No approved public baseline yet. Target: Approved requirement text, approved metric candidate, source registry entry, formula, limitations, update frequency, and review decision before scoring. Timeframe: Complete during requirements and metrics review before public report-card promotion. |