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  Responding to our Sept. 6 cover story on testing, many readers deplored the emphasis schools place on standardized exams like the SAT. "Our world needs more creative, curious and engaged thinkers, not more people who are good at taking tests," wrote one. "The test can never measure character traits such as determination and a passion for learning," warned another. Still, one correspondent argued that "social mobility is greater with testing than without it." One letter took that thought a step further, suggesting that if U.S. leadership is based on meritocracy, "rather than hounding presidential candidates about past drug use, we should require them to reveal their SAT scores."

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