A recent re-analysis of boys’ performance in school came to the conclusion that ______.
a. minority boys and boys from disadvantaged schools are at risk, but middle-class and upper-class boys are doing as well or better than in the past
b. the problems that boys have in school have decreased significantly since they first came to the attention of the public
c. the gender gap is closing and there is little difference between how boys perform in school and how girls perform
d. it is the group of middle-class and upper-class boys who historically have done well in school who now appear to be at the greatest risk of failure
Ans: A
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