Read the thesis statement and notes which follow. Check those options which would improve the quality of the paper by making the thesis and notes more closely aligned. Thesis: Ability grouping in schools is detrimental to slower students.
Notes:
1. Bright students gain from being in class with both average and slow students.
2. Slower students are deprived of the intellectual stimulation of more advanced students.
3. Slow students develop poor self-images.
4. Teachers spend less time with slow students when they know these students are slow.
5. The average student is the forgotten student in the school with ability grouping.

To improve this paper, _____.
(choose one or more answers as needed)

-change the topic entirely, OR
-rewrite the thesis statement to apply to all students, OR
-discard notes 1 and 5, OR
-focus only on the teacher's point of view