Toughened hiring standards have not been the primary cause of the present staffing shortage in public schools. The shortage of teachers is primarily caused by the fact that in recent years teachers have not experienced any improvements in working conditions and their salaries have not kept pace with salaries in other professions. Which of the following, if true, would most support the claims above? Options: A . &nbspMany prospective teachers have cited the new hiring standards as a reason for not entering the profession B . &nbspMany teachers already in the profession would not have been hired under the new hiring standards. C . &nbspToday more teachers are entering the profession with a higher educational level than in the past. D . &nbspMany teachers have cited low pay and lack of professional freedom as reasons for their leaving the profession. E . &nbspthe inventor of a commonly used anesthetic did not intend the product to be used by dentists, who currently account for almost the entire market for that drug.

Toughened hiring standards have not been the primary cause of the present staffi

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Toughened hiring standards have not been the primary cause of the present staffing shortage in public schools. The shortage of teachers is primarily caused by the fact that in recent years teachers have not experienced any improvements in working conditions and their salaries have not kept pace with salaries in other professions.
Which of the following, if true, would most support the claims above?

Options:

A . Many prospective teachers have cited the new hiring standards as a reason for not entering the profession

B . Many teachers already in the profession would not have been hired under the new hiring standards.

C . Today more teachers are entering the profession with a higher educational level than in the past.

D . Many teachers have cited low pay and lack of professional freedom as reasons for their leaving the profession.

E . the inventor of a commonly used anesthetic did not intend the product to be used by dentists, who currently account for almost the entire market for that drug.

Answer: Option D
:
D
The passage rejects one explanation of the shortage of teachers that it results from toughened hiring standards and gives an alternative that it results from deficiencies in pay and working conditions.D provides corroborative evidence for the latter explanation by suggesting that, for many former teachers, poor pay and working conditions were reasons for their quitting the profession.
Aand B provide evidence that tends to implicate new hiring standards in the staffing shortageand thus support the explanation that the passage rejects.
C becomes irrelevant in this context.

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