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Reports an error in" Affirmative meritocracy" by Gregory M. Walton, Steven J. Spencer and Sam Erman (Social Issues and Policy Review, 2013 [Jan], Vol 7 [1], 1-35). In the article, the Mean SAT score: Whites listed in Table 1 appeared incorrectly as 1063. The correct score is 1579. This data point has been corrected in the online version of the article.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2014-15585-001.) The correct score is 1579. This data point has been corrected in the online version of the article.] We argue that in important circumstances meritocracy can be realized only through a specific form of affirmative action we call affirmative meritocracy. These circumstances arise because common measures of academic performance systematically underestimate the intellectual ability and potential of members of negatively stereotyped groups (eg, non-Asian ethnic minorities, women in …