In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The new claim that ................out of misplaced confidence that all that is in education can be ................is that the ‘per unit cost of outcome’ is lower in private schools. Meaning that even ................the learning outcomes of private schools are not better ................the public schools, the cost ................running private schools is much lower.