<h2><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Issue Prompt</strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><em>Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.</em></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Argument Prompt </strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">The following appeared as a recommendation by a committee planning a ten-year budget for the city of Calatrava.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px">"The birthrate in our city is declining: in fact, last year's birthrate was only one-half that of five years ago. Thus the number of students enrolled in our public schools will soon decrease dramatically, and we can safely reduce the funds budgeted for education during the next decade. At the same time, we can reduce funding for athletic playing fields and other recreational facilities. As a result, we will have sufficient money to fund city facilities and programs used primarily by adults, since we can expect the adult population of the city to increase."</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px"><em>Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.</em></span></p>
