The writer is considering replacing sentence 3 (reproduced below) with a sentence that contains more sufficient evidence in support of later start times at schools for students.As a society, we must make supporting healthy sleep behavior in teens a priority to ensure their well-being. Which sentence below best replaces sentence 3 to achieve this goal? - (As it is now)- In the last five years, over 250 schools have reported positive outcomes from delaying start times.- A longitudinal study from the University of Minnesota has linked later school start times to better attendance, improved attention, and decreased depression.- Minneapolis Public Schools reports several dramatic improvements in student outcomes since changing start times to 8:40.- Researchers who studied schools that delayed start times by one hour report that students' mental alertness improved during the school day and during after-school activities. **The Importance of Sleep for Teen Health and Academic Success**1. If asked to list the most important health choices a person can make, most people would list eating healthy foods and exercising, but few people would include getting the recommended amount of sleep.2. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has found that teens who do not get 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night are more likely to be sedentary, to have obesity, to have depression, or to participate in high-risk behaviors like using alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.3. As a society, we must make supporting healthy sleep behavior in teens a priority to ensure their well-being.4. Adopting later high school and middle school start times, though disruptive to the status quo, is an essential part of society’s commitment to teen health and wellness.5. In teenagers, it is not just the quantity of sleep that matters; it also matters when that sleep occurs.6. In the journal Sleep Medicine, Crowley, Acebo, and Carskadon report that “sleep/wake timing shifts later in young humans during the second decade of life.”7. In other words, teens’ circadian rhythms predispose them to staying awake later at night and sleeping later in the morning.8. It seems counterintuitive, then, that high schools and middle schools across the nation tend to start earlier than elementary schools.9. In fact, a recent study found that over 90 percent of high schools begin before 8:30 in the morning.10. The Centers for Disease Control has found that the earlier school begins, the less sleep teens receive.11. Unsurprisingly, teens overwhelmingly describe themselves as tired during the day, according to sleep experts Wolfson and Carskadon.12. In the interest of greater alertness and focus—and therefore enhanced retention and ultimately academic achievement—educational institutions should embrace the biological needs of their students and adjust secondary start times accordingly.

Psychologists define sleep as the state of rest a person needs every day, as it replenishes a person's physiological and psychological acumen. Sleep is vital for everyone, and it has been noticed that for teenagers, it has become somewhat of a luxury. In that, the earlier their school begins, the less sleep teenagers are able to get. So, in order to enhance their attention, focus, academic performance, and overall well-being, experts have called for educational institutions like schools to consider the biological needs of their students while deciding the secondary school timings. "As a society, we must make supporting healthy sleep behavior in teens a priority to ensure their well-being" - The sentence from the given options that best replaces this sentence is "A longitudinal study from the University of Minnesota has linked later school start times to better attendance, improved attention, and decreased depression." The reason for this is that this research is gathered from a direct source, as in, it has been implemented for over a period of time since it is a longitudinal study. Additionally, concrete consequences have also been reported. That is, with later school start times, students have experienced better attendance, improved attention, and decreased depression. Given all of these improvements, the society can consider taking healthy sleep behaviors in teenagers into account. Hence, the third sentence is the correct answer. (As it is now) - is not the best way forward since the sentence is nothing concrete, as to why the society must consider taking healthy sleep behavior in teens into account. Hence, the first option is incorrect. "In the last five years, over 250 schools have reported positive outcomes from delaying start times." - This sentence may not be the best option since direct sources have not been mentioned and neither has the nature of positive outcomes been reported. Hence, the second option is incorrect. "Minneapolis Public Schools reports several dramatic improvements in student outcomes since changing start times to 8:40" - This sentence may not be the best option since the duration has not been mentioned and neither have any concrete consequences been reported. Hence, the fourth option is incorrect. "Researchers who studied schools that delayed start times by one hour report that students' mental alertness improved during the school day and during after-school activities" - This sentence may not be the best option since "one hour" is relative, and it may not lead to the same outcomes in schools that start very early. Hence, the fifth option is incorrect.

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The writer is considering replacing sentence 3 (reproduced below) with a sentence that contains more sufficient evidence in support of later start times at schools for students.

As a society, we must make supporting healthy sleep behavior in teens a priority to ensure their well-being.

Which sentence below best replaces sentence 3 to achieve this goal?

- (As it is now)

- In the last five years, over 250 schools have reported positive outcomes from delaying start times.

- A longitudinal study from the University of Minnesota has linked later school start times to better attendance, improved attention, and decreased depression.

- Minneapolis Public Schools reports several dramatic improvements in student outcomes since changing start times to 8:40.

- Researchers who studied schools that delayed start times by one hour report that students' mental alertness improved during the school day and during after-school activities.