Here is Steven Pinker's response to the Deresiewics article.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119321/harvard-ivy-league-should-judge-students-standardized-tests
If we compare both articles, it is clear that neither is satisfied with the current state of affairs. Their difference lies in that Deresiewicz is perhaps too critical, while Pinker is rightfully defending the merits of the quality of information available at these schools, which Deriesewicz tacitly admits in his article.
However, they both agree that these types of exclusive schools could stand improvement in several areas.
Pinker,
Still, he’s right that the current system is harmful and unfair. What he could have said is that elite universities are nothing close to being meritocracies. We know that because they don’t admit most of their students on the basis of academic aptitude. And perhaps that’s what we should try next.
So, we do seem to have a partial consensus by two learned minds who are intimately acquainted with these educational systems.