How about
1) First accepting that not everyone will be a rocket scientist, and guiding the non-intellectually elite into more vocational roles.
2) people who don't pass, don't pass
3) standardized tests that make rule #2 possible, and not use them for entrance exams, which they are not, in fact, used for. Example MCAT being used to judge for medical school admissions.
How about 1) First accepting that not everyone will be a rocket scientist, and guiding the non-intellectually elite into more vocational roles. 2) people who don't pass, don't pass 3) standardized tests that make rule #2 possible, and not use them for entrance exams, which they are not, in fact, used for. Example MCAT being used to judge for medical school admissions.