If a student is chronically absent from school then they will have lower achievement in reading and math because attendance is an important factor in student achievement. How do you know this hypothesis was written in the correct format?

It found that more than 20 percent of the schools had attendance rates below, if not well below, the standard. ... Low literacy levels among the parents, unemployment, little value placed on education and child labor were cited as the main reasons children were missing school

marriage difficulties adversely affect parent-child communication

answer: metaphor: because there is a comparison between the treasures spread on the ground and the evil seed of adam drifting from the shoreline  

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