In the "language nest" model of education, Indigenous children learn the language of their people by using it as the medium of instruction and socialization at pre-K or elementary levels. In their 2016 study of a school in an Anishinaabe community in Ontario, Canada, scholars Lindsay Morcom and Stephanie Roy (who are Anishinaabe themselves) found that the model not only imparted fluency in the Anishinaabe language but also enhanced students' pride in Anishinaabe culture overall. Given these positive effects, Morcom and Roy predict that the model increases the probability that as adults, former students of the school will transmit the language to younger generations in their community.

Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the researchers' prediction?

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As they complete secondary and higher education, former students of the school experience no loss of fluency or cultural pride.

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Anishinaabe adults who didn't attend the school feel roughly the same degree of cultural pride as the former students of the school feel.

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After transferring to the school, new students experience an increase in both fluency and academic performance overall.

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As adults, former students of the school are just as likely to continue living in their community as individuals who didn't attend the school.