Large-scale reductions in class size will likely lower the average quality of teachers: first, because to hire additional teachers school districts must reach into the lower-quality segment of the teacher pool; and, second, because a given budget will be spread among a higher number of teachers, thereby limiting potential increases in teacher salaries. (Jane Hannaway and Robert I. Lerman, Letter to the Editor, The New Republic)
A) unsupported assertion
B) report
C) conditional statement
D) argument
E) explanation

Question

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The passage presents a claim about the consequences of reducing class sizes and supports it with reasons, which is characteristic of an argument.

Large-Scale Reductions in Class Size Will Likely Lower the Average