Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that if the 1.2 million students who drop out of school each year instead, earned a high school diploma, states could save $17 billion in health care costs over the graduates' lifetime.
• B) The Economic Policy Institute found that children who live in poverty but who receive high-quality early education have significantly fewer arrests than peers without this opportunity.
• C) The Committee for Economic Development determined that investing $4,800 per child in preschool can reduce teenage arrests by 40%.
• D) The Coalition for Juvenile Justice reports that high school dropouts are three times more likely to be arrested than their peers who stay in school.
• E) All are true
• F) None are true

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