> they were testing knowledge irrelevant to the thing ostensibly being tested That's a good argument but it's not the argument that I was responding to: > th

> they were testing knowledge irrelevant to the thing ostensibly being tested That's a good argument but it's not the argument that I was responding to: > the grammar-school system was ostensibly universal and open to all, the entrance exams with questions predicated on a familiarity with middle-class culture naturally disadvantaged working-class students.