medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
The percentage of high school graduates in the district who went on to attend four-year colleges increased from 60 percent to 75 percent over the last five years. Clearly, the district is now producing more college-bound students than it was five years ago.
The argument is flawed because it
- infers a rise in the head count of college-bound graduates from a rise in their share, ignoring a possible shrinkage in the graduating class
- overlooks whether the graduates enrolled at nearby in-state public colleges rather than at the costlier out-of-state institutions farther away
- presumes that the measured gain in college attendance was produced by demonstrably better classroom instruction offered within the district
- assumes, without offering any argument for it, that four-year colleges represent the only post-secondary path worth a graduate's pursuit
- fails to establish that the very same proportion of each graduating class will keep on enrolling in four-year colleges in the years to come
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