Last year, the composite El-Hi education (CEHE) ranking for Silver County was its lowest score on record, since composite were first calculated in 1964  The CEHE ranking is a sophisticated weighed average of standardized testing results from Grade 1 to Grade 12  This year, the testing result for grades 1-6 in Silver County are about the same as they were last year, and the testing results for high school (grades 9-12) in Silver County are lower than last year' s high school results in Silver County  <b> Surely the middle school testing results (grades 7-9) in Silver County will also be as low as, or lower than, last year' s results
</b> Ttherefore, <b> Silver County will undoubtedly establish a new low in its CEHE ranking
The first is an objection that the main argument rejects; the second present a conclusion that could be drawn if that object were allowed to stand.