Which of the Following Statements About School and Intellectual Development

question 167

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about school and intellectual development is true?

• A) Children whose birthdays allow them just make the cutoff for school attendance tend to struggle more than children who do not make the "cut-off" and are almost a year older when they start.
• B) Students' IQ scores tend to drop during the school year as they struggle to learn a lot of new information, and then rise during the summer when they are less stressed.
• C) When children are moved from financially poor schools to more affluent schools, their IQ scores increase.
• D) Children with very high intelligence scores tend to drop out of school because they get bored.

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