Question

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! what is the topic of the above paragraph? books keeping students occupied reading worksheets teaching tools

Explanation:

The passage starts with a teacher using reading worksheets and how it became a common practice. It then discusses the lack of a positive impact on reading proficiency and the negative association children develop with reading due to excessive worksheets. The main focus throughout is on reading worksheets.

Answer:

C. Reading worksheets