Question

select the excerpt that is an example of an mla in - text citation with an attributive phrase.
in 2001, a group of students and parents in texas took a school district to court contending that the schools mandatory uniform policy violated first amendment rights. the fifth circuit court ruled that the schools policy was constitutional and that students had failed to show that the policy suppressed free expression (aclu).
approximately 74 percent of high schools in the united states offer student newspapers or journalism programs (barron).
according to the national center for education statistics, in the past decade the number of public schools requiring students to wear uniforms has almost doubled, to nineteen percent (abutaleb).
some of these titles are works of noted literary merit. the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain was banned for its perceived racism. beloved by toni morrison was banned for violence and sexual content. the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger was banned for being immoral and negative. the childrens picture book where the wild things are by maurice sendak was challenged for being dark and disturbing (ala).

Explanation:

An MLA in - text citation with an attributive phrase includes a signal phrase (like "According to...") that introduces the source. The third option has "According to the National Center for Education Statistics" as the attributive phrase and then the in - text citation (Abutaleb). The first option just has a parenthetical citation (ACLU) without an attributive phrase before it. The second option has a parenthetical citation (Barron) without an attributive phrase. The fourth option has a parenthetical citation (ALA) without an attributive phrase.

Answer:

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the past decade the number of public schools requiring students to wear uniforms has almost doubled, to nineteen percent (Abutaleb).