Valerie's State Passed a Law Mandating a Free Public Pre-Kindergarten

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Valerie's state passed a law mandating a free public pre-kindergarten education for three- and four-year-old children,although school enrollment is not mandatory until age five,with kindergarten.She is tracking the school-readiness and reading-readiness scores of all children starting kindergarten to see how the children who are enrolled in the pre-K program do in comparison to those of similar background who do not attend.Valerie is conducting ____.

A) applied research
B) implementation research
C) basic research
D) policy research