Top Highlights

• “To succeed in America, it’s better to be born rich than smart,”
• People with talent often don’t succeed.
• people with talent that come from disadvantaged households don’t do as well as people with very little talent from advantaged households.”
• the bottom 25% of socioeconomic status with test scores from the top 25% of students has a 31% chance of earning a college education and working a job that pays at least $35,000 by the time they are 25, and at least $45,000 by the time they are 35.
• the top 25% of socioeconomic status with test scores from the bottom 25% of students had a 71% chance of achieving the same milestones.

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