Information and Ideas practice question

Answer: B. Vocabulary scores rose steadily as daily reading time increased.

A positive association means scores climb as reading time climbs — exactly B, which also matches the 'in-between scored in the middle' detail. A, C, and D describe no relationship or the opposite one.

Why the other answers are wrong

A. Students who read the least scored highest on the vocabulary test.

This reverses the finding: the passage says the heaviest readers scored 12 points *higher*, not the lightest, so this describes a negative association instead of the positive one you need.

C. Reading time had no measurable relationship to scores.

The question asks for data supporting an association between reading time and scores; 'no measurable relationship' is the direct denial of any association, not support for one.

D. All students scored the same regardless of reading time.

If every student scored the same, reading time would make no difference at all — that contradicts the 12-point gap the passage reports rather than supporting it.

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