Parents often criticize schools for not doing their job. Many blame schools for low student achievement scores. Surprisingly, the most frequent and vociferous complaints come from those who live in districts where the achievement scores are high.

All of the following, considered individually, help to explain the apparent paradox EXCEPT:
A. Parents from districts of high achievers are very involved with the schools and are, therefore, more likely to make critical comments.
B. Parents have no knowledge of their district's own scores.
C. High scores cause parents' expectations to rise leading parents to demand that students achieve even more.
D. High-scoring districts contain low-achieving students whose parents are likely to complain when their children score below the local average.
E. Most complaints about schools come from political activists, most of whom live in high-achieving districts.
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May be the elite politicians who live in the district are caring for their people

C is better.

Agree c

Paradox arents blame schools for low scores.Parents live in school district where the achievement scores are high.

All of the following, considered individually, help to explain the apparent paradox EXCEPT:
A. Parents from districts of high achievers are very involved with the schools and are, therefore, more likely to make critical comments.
>>>>explains the paradox(May be the well-informed parents want their children to excel.)

B. Parents have no knowledge of their district's own scores.
>>>>explains the paradox(Since parents don't have a reference number they dont know what to comapre their children's scores with. So they think their children are scoring low)

C. High scores cause parents' expectations to rise leading parents to demand that students achieve even more.
>>>explains the paradox.(May be the well-informed parents want their children to excel.)

D. High-scoring districts contain low-achieving students whose parents are likely to complain when their children score below the local average.
>>>>>>explains the paradox.It is self explanatory

E. Most complaints about schools come from political activists, most of whom live in high-achieving districts.
>>>This situation seems out of context.The paradox is limited to parents and schools of a school district.
Does not explain the paradox.

I pick E
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Parents blame schools for "low" test scores when really, they are not low, the scores are actually high. What could explain this paradox?

C. High scores cause parents' expectations to rise leading parents to demand that students achieve more.

So what is the OA, I can't seem to decide between B and E

OA=B
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Seems CR is not so easy.. Wish I had had a logic course during my UG..

Several ways to look at the same things, and answer differently.. but there is only one right way... I was thinking the same, however when someone says OA is different, one has to scratch his head a little bit..

how do we know given OA, the so called correct or original answer, is correct? Why don't we call it CA? CA = Correct Answer.. ??