Questions 5-8 refer to the following passage.

Consider each of the following answer choices separately and select all that apply.

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would consider which of the following, if true, a likely indication of a fundamental alteration in education brought about by charter schools?

a. Statistics show that the majority of children who attended charter schools in the 1990s are attending or have attended college.

b. A national standard of academic performance, to which all students in every type of school must adhere, is created.

c. A consistent score improvement in state-mandated tests has been achieved by children who attend charter schools, but not by those who attend traditional schools.

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(5) It has frequently been argued that freeing schools from the rigid rules, regulations, and statutes that have traditionally fettered them Line would have a revolutionary effect on academic achievement. For instance, it has been sug- gested that schools embodying this idea could. develop more effective teaching methods that could then be replicated in other schools. Char- ter schools public schools that operate under (10) a contract, or "charter"-were given just such an opportunity beginning in 1991, when Minne- sota passed the first charter school law. At that time, many critics warned of deleterious rather than beneficial effects that such freewheeling (15) schools could have on the academic achieve- ment of students. Thus, while public opinion differed concerning the social desirability of charter schools, most agreed that there would be a pronounced effect.