Question
DIRECTIONS: Read the passage, read each
question, and choose the best answer
SEPARATE CLASSROOMS FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
3
if schools shortchange girts, why is it
surprising when the tests show that they're
doing less well? It isnt just the P.S. A T.S, where
18.000 boys generally reach the top categories
and only 8,000 girls do. While the gap has
narrowed, boys also outscore girls on 11 of the
14 College Board Achievement tests, and on the
A.C.T. exams and on the S.A T.s. it is possible to
jimmy selection standards to make sure girls win
more scholarships, but equal results don't court
for much if those results are forced, Instead of
declaring equality, society should be advancing
1. The challenge isnt to get more scholarships
for baton twiriers but to get more baton twirters to
take up advanced mathemalics.
One place that happens is in giris' schools
and women's colleges. Sometimes separate isn't
equal; it's better. Changing the way teachers
leach in coed schools, changing the textbooks to
make sure they talk about women as well as men
educating parents about raising daughters -all
of these things make sense, since most giris
will be educated in coed classrooms. But we've
been talking about them for a decade, and the
problems of gender bias stubbornly persist. In the
meantime, for many giris, single-sex education is
working.
The evidence, though scant, is promising. In
Ventura, Calif., the public high school has begun
offering an ail-giris Algebra il course. The girts,
one leacher says, think so little of their abilty that
the leacher spends her time not oniy teaching
math but also building self-confidence, repeatedly
telling the giris that they're smart and that they
can do it.
From FOR GIRLS SCHOOLS AND WOMEN'S COLLEGE!
SEPARATE IS BETTER by Bian Ewich,
Jnit 1 | Reading Comprehension
2. Which is the most logical conclusion to draw from
paragraph 37
A. Separate classrooms have littie impact
on education.
B. Teachers spend too much lime enhancing
girls' seif-esteem.
C. The evidence shown from the few schools that
have offered all-giris' classes is promising.
D. Girts have less self-confidence when entering
a coed math or science class after taking an
all-girls' class.
3. How are paragraph 2 and paragraph 3
cannected?
A. Paragraph 3 summarizes the information in
paragraph 2.
B. Paragraph 3 provides an example of the
conclusion based on paragraph 2.
C. Paragraph 3 draws a conclusion about the
main reason, stated in paragraph 2, for
implementing all-giris' classrooms
D. Paragraph 3 explains the locus on self.
confidence, mentioned in paragraph 2.
4
According to this passage, which conclusion best
reflects the author's viewpoint?
A Math and science are more important for giris
than they are for boys.
B. Giris may do better in math and science if they
leam in al-giri classrooms.
C. Giris deserve lo win more scholarships based
on standardized test scores
D. Giris perform as well as or better than boys on
standardized lests in math and science.
5
What evidence from the passage best supports
the author's concision about separate
classrooms?
in for many giris, single-sex education is
working
B. * the teacher spends her time not only
teaching math but also building self-
confidence.
C. * ecual rights don't count for much if those
results are forced.
D. - .. changing the textbooks to make sure they
lak about women as well as men, educating
parents about raising daughters--all of these
things make sense
Answer
2. C. The evidence shown from the few schools that have offered all-girls' classes is promising.
3. B. Paragraph 3 provides an example of the conclusion based on paragraph 2.
4. B. Girls may do better in math and science if they learn in all-girl classrooms.
5. A. "For many girls, single-sex education is working."