Passage 2

How does this information help the reader understand the information about yea-round schedules in paragraph 3 of "Year-Round Schooling Helps Students, Teachers, and Families"?

• It shows that students can advance quickly instead of waiting for the new school year to start.

• It shows that there are shorter breaks throughout the year.

• It shows that this method is a disadvantage to those who need review at the beginning of the year.

• It shows that year-round schooling improves student performance.

What is the author's intent by including this paragraph? Select two that apply.

• The author wanted to show that all concerns are not grounded in any evidence.

• The author wanted to address some of the concerns people may have about year-round schedules.

• The author wanted to address the incorrect reasoning of those who prefer traditional schedules.

• The author wanted to explain that summer vacation would still be an important break for the students in year-round schedules.

• The author wanted to show that although there may be some new issues to work through, year-round scheduling has more benefits.

Select the three sentences that should be included in a summary of the text "Year-Round Schooling Helps Students, Teachers, and Families."

• Year-round schooling can improve student performance.

• There are financial gains to choosing year-round schooling.

• Year-round schooling is a topic that is often misunderstood.

• The switch to year-round schooling can be easily accomplished.

• The changes required o adopt year-round schooling may be expensive.

Which of the following BEST states the central ideas of "Schools Should Stick to Traditional Schedules"?

• Year-round schooling does not save taxpayers money. Yea-round schooling does not give students long enough breaks.

• Year-round schooling does not improve student performance. Year-round schooling is difficult to put into place.

• Year-round schooling makes it difficult for students to hold part-time jobs. Year-round schooling does not improve student performance.

• Year-round schooling does not allow schools to better use space. Year-round schooling is difficult for parents with children in different tracks.

The author included criticisms of year-round schooling in this text. What is the most likely reason why the author structured the text this way?

• It creates an opening for the author's presentation of a counterargument.

• It provides a chance for the author to complain about school administrators.

• It gives the author a way to bring up problems in the traditional school schedule.

• It introduces the author's examples of how schools have addressed the problems.