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That cannot be used for students. decreasing "number of students"
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The state board of education has directed assessments of schools in the highest populated districts, with the decisive objective of decreasing the students who voice general unhappiness with the education in the schools.

A) with the decisive objective of decreasing the students who voice general unhappiness with the education in the schools

(B) with the objective to decisively decrease the number of students who voice general unhappiness with the schools’ education

(C) decisively with the objective to decrease voicing of general unhappiness by the students with the school’s education

(D) in a decisive attempt to reduce the number of students that ends up voicing general unhappiness with the schools’ education

(E) with the decisive objective of decreasing the number of students who voice general unhappiness with the schools’ education

Firstly, in decisive objective, decisive is used to modify objective. Change the position of modifier would change the meaning. B/C can be eliminated.
Secondly, consider what can be decreasing: the number of students or students themselves. Then A/D should be eliminated.
The answer is E
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The state board of education has directed assessments of schools in the highest populated districts, with the decisive objective of decreasing the students who voice general unhappiness with the education in the schools.

A) with the decisive objective of decreasing the students who voice general unhappiness with the education in the schools - We are not attempting to decrease the students who express unhappiness, instead the number of such students. Incorrect formation of sentence.

(B) with the objective to decisively decrease the number of students who voice general unhappiness with the schools’ education - The placement of decisive here is incorrect. Moreover, with the objective to is incorrect.

(C) decisively with the objective to decrease voicing of general unhappiness by the students with the school’s education - The attempt is not to decrease the voicing of general unhappiness, instead to decrease the number of students who are unhappy. This changes the meaning of the sentence.

(D) in a decisive attempt to reduce the number of students that ends up voicing general unhappiness with the schools’ education - The S/V Agreement here is wrong, the verb should end up.

(E) with the decisive objective of decreasing the number of students who voice general unhappiness with the schools’ education. - Correct
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