All of the following accurately describe the impact of poverty on students in schools except

a. High-poverty schools were twice as likely to report no violent incidents as low-poverty schools.
b. There is greater ethnic and racial diversity among staff in high-poverty schools with more African American and Latino principals and teachers than in low-poverty schools.
c. Students from high-poverty schools do not perform as well as their peers in other schools on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
d. Many kindergartners in low-income families begin their schooling in high-poverty public schools with low-quality teaching and discriminatory practices such as ability grouping.


ANS: A

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