Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by mithawk
Does merit matter anymore in the US?

What do you when measures of intellectual merit, such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (now just the "SAT"), IQ tests, and the SHSAT (the test used for admission to NYC public schools) exhibit large group differences? I say accept the reality that there *are* large group differences and stop mandating equal results by group (as NCLB does). Most people want to avoid the question.

Apple. Fall. Tree.