If You Grant the Argument by Head Start Program Proponents

question 27

Multiple Choice

If you grant the argument by Head Start program proponents that we would be spending about half of the money we currently spend on the program on subsidized day care anyway, then the savings attributable to the reduced need for special education and the reduction in the repeats of first and second grade

• A)are still substantially short of what would be required to justify Head Start spending.
• B)are about what would be necessary to justify Head Start spending.
• C)are substantially more than what would be necessary to justify Head Start spending.
• D)clearly justify doubling current levels of Head Start spending.

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