The SAT was developed in order to provide children from public schools with a chance to demonstrate their fitness for college and to show they are as able as students from private high schools.It is therefore ironic that:
A) researchers now question how meritocratic the SAT is,because the SAT may test knowledge that is biased against certain groups.
B) elite colleges and universities are increasingly deciding not to base admissions decisions on the SAT.
C) students from private schools still score higher on the SAT.
D) students from public schools are less likely to take the SAT than are students from private schools.

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The passage states that the SAT was developed to provide equal opportunity for students from public schools to demonstrate their fitness for college. However, there is now a question of whether the SAT tests knowledge that is biased against certain groups, which challenges the notion of the SAT's meritocracy. This irony is highlighted in option A. Options B, C, and D are not directly related to the given information.

The SAT Was Developed in Order to Provide Children from Public