Read the passage.
(1) standardized testing in education is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students to gauge their progress. (2) many have feared that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought. (3) this, quite simply, is not the case. (4) standardized testing is a reliable and objective way to measure student achievement, and many tests actually encourage innovative thinking. (5) one long-term analysis of standardized testing found that over 90 percent of studies done on this type of assessment showed a positive effect on student achievement. (6) this fact alone is enough to calm the fears and anxieties of standardized-testing opponents.
which sentence is a counterclaim?
sentence 2
sentence 4
sentence 5
sentence 6

A) Sentence 2.

Explanation: an argument or claim is a statement assertion that something is true. A counterclaim is a statement or an idea that refutes the claim. In the given passage the claim is that standarized testing in education is clearly the most effective way to assess a wide range of students to gauge their progress, the sentence that represents a counterclaim is sentence 2, because it says that many people have said that using these tests will take away from true academic growth and creative thought, which is a point against the claim.

A.  Sentence 2

Explanation:

Right on Edg.

i guess the cause and effect would show how being around the smoke(the cause) can have negative effects on the body.

explanation:

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.