In Rajasthan, India teachers in half of the community's schools were asked to have their pictures taken with their children, and this evidence of attendance fed into the compensation of the teacher. The result of this experiment was that teacher absentee rates ________ relative to classrooms in which no cameras were introduced.

A. fell to zero
B. actually increased
C. did not change
D. were cut in half


Answer: D

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