Poor Children Repeat Grades and Drop Out of High School

question 20

Multiple Choice

Poor children repeat grades and drop out of high school __________ as their non-poor peers.

• A)at half the rate
• B)at about the same rate
• C)at more than double the rate
• D)at more than four times the rate

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