GMATNinja - can you see if you my analysis on this is accurate
Core : Several educational research groups are denouncing the mayor's proposal
Modifier : of-clause, playing the role of prepositional phrase, modifying the object noun :
proposal Modifier : A system by which individual teachers would be given raises or bonuses
should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills having improved over a nine-month period.
jabhatta2
(A) should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills having
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
This is wrong because Test Scores are not technically showing their student's mastery.
Test scores are showing an action [ the action being, THAT their students mastery has improved]
jabhatta2
(B) should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills have
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
This is wrong because Test Scores are not technically showing their student's mastery.
Test scores are showing an action [ the action being, THAT their students mastery has improved]
jabhatta2
(C) should test scores showing their students' mastery of reading skills has
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb-ed modifier : showing their students' mastery of reading skills
c) Verb : has
Test scores is plural -- Test scores should be paired with "Have", not "Has"
Test scores are showing THAT their students mastery has improved
jabhatta2
(D) if test scores showing their students' mastery of reading skills having
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb-ing modifier : showing their students' mastery of reading skills
c) Verb : having
Test scores having improved -- sound strange to my ear
jabhatta2
(E) if test scores show that their students' mastery of reading skills has
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
C Object noun : that clause
Test scores show an action (Represented in the THAT clause)