Inferencing Practice

PART A: If there was no census -

• social problems would get worse

• the government would have complete power

• people would have no idea how many people live in their town

• money would not be divided as needed among the states

PART B: Select TWO details that support the answer in Part A.

• It also guides an estimated $1.5 trillion dollars in federal funding, according to estimates from George Washington University's Andrew Reamer.

• Dutta-Gupta continued, "A fair and accurate census is essential to the fair distribution of federal funding, and political power

• and it's essential for us to make smart decisions about how to solve social problems."

• The data gathered is used in a number of high-stakes applications

Select the detail that supports the inference that not much research has been done on the benefits.

• In Colorado alone, 111 out of the state’s 178 school districts are using a compressed schedule, The Colorado Sun reports.

• Meanwhile, four-day scheduling started spreading so quickly across New Mexico

• that lawmakers have placed a halt on the practice until state leaders can study its impact on student performance and working-class families.

• Just days ago, school board members in Norfolk, Arkansas voted unanimously to move to a four-day week for their district beginning next school year

Select the detail that supports the inference that the four-day school week will not impact education.

• “The idea has proved contagious because adults like it:

• Teachers have more free time, and

• stay-at-home parents like the convenience of taking kids to doctors and doing errands on Friday,” Hill co-wrote in a piece published on the Brown Center Chalkboard blog in 2017.

• “If local leaders are lucky, graduates of these schools won’t be any less well educated than their siblings who went to school all week.

Part A: Why is there a push for home dialysis?

• It’s cheaper.

• It’s healthier.

• It’s more convenient.

• It’s better for doctors.

Part B: Select the detail that supports the answer in Part A.

• President Donald Trump signed an executive order

• aimed at improving health outcomes for people with chronic kidney disease,

• reducing treatment costs, and

• encouraging home dialysis.

Part A: The reader can infer that Kidney disease -

• only affects adults

• is a major problem

• will never get better

• needs more research

Part B: Select two details that support the answer in Part A.

• Kidney failure happens when kidney function falls below 15% of normal.

• There are more than 94,000 people nationwide waiting for new kidneys

• by far the longest organ transplant waiting list

• have been waiting for a new kidney for more than 5 years.

Select the detail that supports the inference that tax cuts for the wealthy do not reach the ordinary American.

• political argument in favor of tax cuts for big businesses and wealthy

• tax savings into jobs that would swell the wallets of ordinary Americans

• an image of water moving from high to low ground

• real-world experiments challenging the idea that tax cuts work anything like waterfalls

Part A: The reader can infer that -

• more children should help out

• people should go into nursing homes

• people are sicker

• more jobs will be available