The soft bigotry of low expectations
It’s the spring of 1964, and a school’s student body is given a standardized intelligence test: those expected to be high achievers are presented as such to their instructors. By fall, the selected first graders have increased their I.Q. by an average of 27.4 points, compared to the 12 points achieved by their peers. The test was an accurate predictor of success, no? No.






