New research findings on children in poverty show that
A) poverty alone does not account for the academic difficulties exhibited by students, but rather only magnifies existing racial disparities caused by teachers' negative perceptions.
B) poor learners can catch up to the achievement of their affluent classmates, with intensive intervention that lasts at least three years.
C) when poor learners are taught in classrooms where the class size is less than 14, their skills improve to match those of their more affluent classmates.
D) when schools provide after-school tutoring, snacks, and boxed meals for the children to eat in the evenings, the skills of poor children eventually improve to match those of their more affluent classmates.
A
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