Read this sentence:

Teachers are worried that the rise in standardized testing will inhibit their ability to give their students a passion for learning.

Which quote best supports the idea expressed in the sentence?

A. "You can't instill a love of literature in the kids when you're too busy teaching to the test," says Leanne Micah, a teacher at a local high school.

B. According to an official statement, "standardized tests are a graduation requirement in over 75% of the high schools in the United States."

C. "Teachers are being evaluated on the basis of standardized test scores, and that's scary," says teacher's representative Marisa Exeter.

D. Principal Dan Gutierrez agrees that "teachers need to accept that standardized tests are here to stay and try to work with them."

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Alice

9 May, 04:24

Read this sentence:

Teachers are worried that the rise in standardized testing will inhibit their ability to give their students a passion for learning.

Which quote best supports the idea expressed in the sentence?

A. "You can't instill a love of literature in the kids when you're too busy teaching to the test," says Leanne Micah, a teacher at a local high school.

B. According to an official statement, "standardized tests are a graduation requirement in over 75% of the high schools in the United States."

C. "Teachers are being evaluated on the basis of standardized test scores, and that's scary," says teacher's representative Marisa Exeter.

D. Principal Dan Gutierrez agrees that "teachers need to accept that standardized tests are here to stay and try to work with them."

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Mathew Fleming · Answer 1

Your answer would be A. The teacher explains how you cannot teach children to love a subject if they are taught simply for testing.

Vazquez · Answer 2

The answer is A. B is just a statistic. C is talking about how Teachers are being evaluated by Standardized tests, which is unrelated to the topic. D is just a principal being mean.