Compared with Their Counterparts from Previous Decades, Today's American Adolescents

question 38

Multiple Choice

Compared with their counterparts from previous decades, today's American adolescents:

• A) spend more days per year in school.
• B) spend fewer days per year in school.
• C) are absent from school more often.
• D) are less likely to continue their schooling beyond the 12th grade.

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