Question

The writer wants to add a conclusion after sentence 14 that summarizes the argument of the passage. Which of the following sentences best achieves this purpose?
Critics of the movement to start the school day later stress that the change will place a burden on working families that cannot easily rearrange transportation and
child care
of California passes a bill into law, it will become the first state to require all middle and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.
Hence, more schools should follow the trend of starting later in the morning if they want to see improved test scores, greater attendance numbers, and, most
importantly, healthier, happier teens
As sleep expert Dr. Carol Ash argues. The cost of sleep loss is astronomical. It's costing billions of dollars. Poor academic performance, absenteeism at school.
And federally funded dollars are attached to the absenteeism rate."
While some parents argue that teenagers should simply go to bed earlier, sleep experts say the solution is not that easy, adolescents are physiologically different
from adults and have trouble falling asleep earlier.

Answer 1

Answer:

C "Hence, more schools should follow the trend of starting later in the morning if they want to see improved test scores, greater attendance numbers, and, most importantly, healthier, happier teens."

Explanation:

I doubted it at first because it sounds too repetitive with sentence 13, but it makes more sense than the other options and relates to the argument and establishes a unified end as it summaries that more schools should have a later start time to help students succeed academically and improve their general wellbeing.