Issue 5 - Reading Comprehension

Data file (pg.70): In what order does the text mention the following %s?

• 450% full time k-12 students in online school

• 77% of US households have a computer at home

• 68% of US households have internet acces

Data file (pg.70): What is the right order of these numbers below?

• 2,500,000 students took one online class in 2011 - 2012

• 275,000 online students in 2011-2012

• that is a saving of est. 5,000 Dollars per student a year

True or False:

The number of k-12 students enrolled full time in online classes has decreased.

• True

• False

True or False:

Data shows that online classes keep yearly costs to educate students low.

• True

• False

True or False (pg. 71)

6 states in the US require students to take at least one online class.

• True

• False

In Idaho students are required ______ online classes to graduate.

• 2

• 3

• 1

• 4

True or False (pg. 71)

Proponents are people in favor of an idea.

• True

• False

Crisitcs of online classes argue that these classes are______.

• beneficial

• harmful

• silly

• useful

(pg. 72)

If students are requird to take online calsses, they have an easier time ______.

• with their families

• later on in college and the 21st century workplace

• babysitting younger siblings

• making friends

(pg. 72)

Proponents of online classes argue that ________.

• traditional classrooms cannot offer students the necesasry variety of resources

• online education is just like a traditional classroom