In case your argument was not about a hard treshold (which isn't the case as pointed out in this thread.) :
How do you define merit?
A family with a higher income are in a better position to leverage their means into a better education and conductive environment. From a systems point of view, you want to balance this out by boosting families or persons of lower means to equalize the opportunity to actually engage in the meritocracy. Subsidizing purely on test scores or similar tends to favor families that already have a high income.
How do you define merit?
A family with a higher income are in a better position to leverage their means into a better education and conductive environment. From a systems point of view, you want to balance this out by boosting families or persons of lower means to equalize the opportunity to actually engage in the meritocracy. Subsidizing purely on test scores or similar tends to favor families that already have a high income.