Simplify the argument first -
Concern
Reforms on part of suppliers are insufficient --> Reforms must be demanded by consumers.Suggestion made -
Parents will be given vouchers to pay fees + they will be allowed to choose the schools at which vouchers will be spent --> Underachieving schools will be forced to improve academic offerings --> Improves quality of public educationLet us look at the answer options -
Option A - Correct Answer.
Negate this.
"parents would not tend to prefer a reasonable level of academic quality to greater sports opportunities or more convenient location." - this then affects the suggestion made. This means that even if the academic quality is poor, parents might still prefer those scores because of greater sports opportunities or convenience of location.
Then, underachieving schools will have no incentive to improve education quality.
Option B - Incorrect.
It is not necessary that "job market" has to enforce improvement in academic offerings. The argument is that empowering parents to choose schools enforces improvement in academic offerings.
Option C - Incorrect.
No such assumption is required. There can be multiple ways.
Option D - Incorrect.
Negate this.
"children are not able to recognize which schools are better and would influence their parents’ decisions." - but if parents are able to recognize that, the argument will not be weakened. Negating this does not weaken the argument. Incorrect.
Option E - Incorrect.
"schools would each improve all of their academic offerings ..." - not necessary. Even improvement of some offerings will still be an improvement.
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