If I'm not mistaken, its a fused run-on sentence. A comma splice is where there is an unneeded comma, and it isn't a simple as it contains a conjunction.
B the first passage claims that students benefit from standardized testing while the second passage says they suffer due to it
A magazine article printed in july 2014. its the most recent. the rest wouldn't have recent laws
<span>It means that you are in unusual or uncomfortable territory for you as a person. Its like you are going out of your comfort zone. Hope it helped. :</span>