Charles Murray and R. J. Herrnstein, in The Public Interest (WinterAre Falling 1992), 1112 16th st. N.w., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036.

Virtually every year, the announcement of the latest Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores is greeted with alarms over the state of American education. The scores de- clined sharply during the 1960s and '70s, bottomed out in the early '80s, and have made only halting improvement since. Av- erage scores for college-bound seniors in
1990-91 fell to 422 of a...