Statement I: in Recent Years,American Basic Skills in Reading,writing,and Arithmetic

Statement I: In recent years,American basic skills in reading,writing,and arithmetic have been improving.
Statement II: Our rate of economic growth is very closely tied to our rate of productivity growth.

A) Statement I is true and statement II is false.
B) Statement II is true and statement I is false.
C) Both statements are true.
D) Both statements are false.