Measures verbal and mathematical abilities and achievement in specific subject areas.

The SAT, known until 1997 as the Scholastic Assessment Test and prior to that as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, changed its name and format in March 1994. (SAT tests are also referred to informally as College Entrance Examination Boards or College Boards.) The SAT is still a series of group-administered tests of verbal and mathematical abilities as well as achievement in a variety of subject areas. It is offered on Saturday mornings seven months of the year at locations across the country and used by over 2,000 colleges and universities to aid in assessing a student's ability to do college-level work. Intended as a useful standard for comparing the abilities of students from widely different cultural backgrounds and types of schools, the test can also help students, their parents, and guidance counselors make decisions in the college application process. The...