Meredith Engel
2020
PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the article?
A. High school students should receive approximately twice as much homework in order to prepare for college
B. Completing homework improves students' academic performance and their likelihood of attending college
C. Educators and parenting support assigning additional homework, while students oppose additional homework
D. Students are less likely to experience academic benefits if assigned more than six hours of homework a week
PART B: Which quotation from the article best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "While most students' opinions of homework may remain the same, the feelings of educators, parents, and administrators tend to rise and fall over time." (Paragraph 1)
B. " 'only a little more than one-third of the sampled students, devoted more than six hours per week to homework and studying when they were on the verge of attending college.' " (Paragraph 6)
C. "given the amount of work students are expected to complete if they attend college, one could say they are not being assigned enough homework in high school" (Paragraph 8)
D. "homework correlates with higher test scores, increases the likelihood that students will attend college, and prepares them for college." (Paragraph 10)
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PART A: The statement that best identifies the central idea of the article is:
B. Completing homework improves students' academic performance and their likelihood of attending college.
PART B: The quotation from the article that best supports the answer to Part A is:
D. "homework correlates with higher test scores, increases the likelihood that students will attend college, and prepares them for college." (Paragraph 10)
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