Question

multiple choice 10 points
in an attempt to identify children needing extra help with reading, a teacher distributed a reading worksheet to her class. her assessment tool worked perfectly, but she then needed to occupy the rest of the class while working with the identified students. her solution was another worksheet. noticing that the worksheets kept students quiet and occupied, she gave out more. other teachers soon followed her example. eventually, children were receiving up to a thousand reading worksheets per year. that might be fine if worksheets actually made students better readers; unfortunately, research shows no connection between reading proficiency and classroom worksheets. imagine youre a first - grader and, each time your teacher announces
eading time,\ you are given a quiz. now imagine that scenario repeating multiple times daily for years. eventually you learn to associate
eading time\ with boring work. no wonder so many children think they hate reading!
which statement best expresses the unstated main idea of this paragraph?
teachers have a variety of teaching tools to choose from.
reading is one of the most difficult skills for teachers to teach and students to learn.
over the years, reading worksheets have served as both an assessment tool and a way to keep students quiet and occupied.
reading worksheets may do more harm than good.

Explanation:

The passage starts by showing how reading worksheets were used as an assessment and to keep students occupied. Then it reveals research shows no connection to improved reading proficiency and that it can make children associate reading with boring work, indicating potential harm.

Answer:

Reading worksheets may do more harm than good.