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Information and Ideas practice question

A school claims that its daily reading hour has improved pupils' reading.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?

  1. A. Pupils' scores on the same reading test rose by a full year's expected progress in the six months after the reading hour began.Correct
  2. B. Pupils say they enjoy the reading hour.
  3. C. The school library has more books than before.
  4. D. Teachers read aloud during the hour.

Answer: A. Pupils' scores on the same reading test rose by a full year's expected progress in the six months after the reading hour began.

Measured progress after the change.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Pupils say they enjoy the reading hour.
Enjoyment is not improvement.
C. The school library has more books than before.
Books are not reading.
D. Teachers read aloud during the hour.
A description of the hour, not its effect.

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