TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.
PROBLEM: claim: Pay state school teachers based on merit.
 perspective: It will give teachers an incentive to improve their teaching.

SOLUTION: support

PROBLEM: claim: Tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 schools.
 perspective: Tablets help to improve student achievement on standardized tests.

SOLUTION: support

PROBLEM: claim: Animal testing should be banned.
 perspective: Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways. 

SOLUTION:
undermine