Question

Read paragraph 4 from the passage.

What is the author's main idea in this paragraph?


Funding for schools should move from a closed system to an open system to encourage innovation in school settings.


Giving parents the ability to choose the schools their children attend creates more options for low-income families.


Students who attend public schools usually have the same experiences as students who attend private schools.


School voucher programs that send kids who normally attend public school to private school are not effective and harmful to public school systems.

Answer 1

I don’t have the passage or paragraph 4 here. Please paste paragraph 4 (or the whole passage) and I’ll pick the best answer.

If you can’t paste it, here’s a quick way to decide among the four choices yourself:
- Read the first and last sentences of the paragraph — the main idea is often stated or summarized there.
- Look for topic sentences (often the first sentence) and repeated ideas or words — those signal the main point.
- Eliminate choices that are too narrow or introduce new information not discussed in the paragraph.

Quick mapping of the choices to likely paragraph content:
- Choice 1 (“funding should move from a closed to open system…”) — look for language about changing funding structures, openness, and innovation.
- Choice 2 (“giving parents ability to choose…helps low-income families”) — look for emphasis on parental choice and its effect on low-income families.
- Choice 3 (“public and private students have same experiences”) — look for comparisons asserting similarity of experiences.
- Choice 4 (“voucher programs are ineffective and harmful to public schools”) — look for critique of vouchers and discussion of harm to public systems.

Paste the paragraph and I’ll identify the correct answer.