SAT Reading & Writing · Inferences
The contrast between the outcomes for adults and for young children who moved most strongly suggests that ______
In a randomized housing-mobility program, some families were given assistance to move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods. Adult earnings among the families who moved showed only limited change, but children who moved to lower-poverty neighborhoods at a young age went on to have measurably better outcomes later in life. Which choice most logically completes the text?
The contrast between the outcomes for adults and for young children who moved most strongly suggests that ______
The contrast between the outcomes for adults and for young children who moved most strongly suggests that ______
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: the age at which someone is exposed to a new neighborhood environment may influence how much that environment affects their later outcomes.
The passage's central contrast, limited effect on adults, larger effect on children who moved young, points toward timing or developmental stage as a relevant factor in how much a new environment matters, which is C. A is directly contradicted by the improved outcomes documented for children. B overstates the limited adult effect into an absolute, unsupported claim about all policy interventions. D generalizes far beyond this single program to a sweeping claim about all assistance programs that the passage never makes.
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