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Shouldn't this be fixed earlier, and not after they get the lower scores? Equal opportunity is ok, but equal outcome is really shitty for kids of other groups

Shouldn't this be fixed earlier, and not after they get the lower scores? Equal opportunity is ok, but equal outcome is really shitty for kids of other groups who work hard and lose their spots due to the color of their skin. > Note that communist societies had the analogous problem; whenever they implemented standardized testing, class enemies filled the ranks of top scorers. Meh, we were lucky, we were the "3rd world" (literal definition, before the current one), and our top students left the country and worked in other, western, capitalist countries (and sent money back to their families :)) I think for a huge range of years, our biggest export was the workforce :)

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> Shouldn't this be fixed earlier, and not after they get the lower scores? There is no point earlier than when they get the lower scores. The performance gap is apparent at all ages where performance can be measured at all.
- ajsnigrutin 5y ago
  But why fix then? Will the performance gap vanish when they get accepted by an university (even if someone else from some other group, wouldn't get accepted with the same score)?
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    > Will the performance gap vanish when they get accepted by an university No. > But why fix then? It's an ideological commitment, not a reasoned one.