Read the following claim:
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Parents should encourage their kids to participate in sports because it has a direct impact on their success in the classroom.
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Which of the following supporting details provides the most relevant and credible evidence for the claim?
О A. Studies conducted by Western College show that high school student-athletes score 22 percent higher on standardized tests than students who don't participate in sports.
О B. A poll of 1,000 high school and middle school student-athletes found that 65 percent felt that participating in sports "neither helped not hurt" their performance in the classroom.
О C. Though soccer is gaining in popularity on the middle school and high school levels, it still lags far behind football, basketball, and baseball in our national consciousness.
О D. "Sports teach a number of skills that can help students focus in the classroom," notes best-selling author Ina Glitch, "but these same skills can be developed by other extracurriculars, too".