Information and IdeasVery hardInference from a subtle contrast in outcomes
Information and Ideas practice question
Two neighbouring schools adopted the same reading programme in the same year. In one, reading scores rose sharply; in the other, they did not change. The first school gave its teachers a week of training in the programme; the second gave a two-hour briefing. The most reasonable interpretation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the programme's success depended on how thoroughly teachers were trained to deliver it.Correct
- B. the programme does not work.
- C. the second school's students were less capable.
- D. reading scores rise on their own every year.
Answer: A. the programme's success depended on how thoroughly teachers were trained to deliver it.
Same programme, same year, different training, different results: training is the variable that differs.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the programme does not work.
- It worked in the first school.
- C. the second school's students were less capable.
- Nothing about the students differs in the text; the training does.
- D. reading scores rise on their own every year.
- The second school's scores did not change.
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