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	Scholastic Aptitude Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SAT (pronounced "S-A-T") Reasoning Test, formerly called the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test, is a type of standardized test frequently used by colleges and universities in the United States to aid in the selection of incoming students.
		In the U.S., the SAT is administered by the private College Board, and is developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
		The test was used mainly by colleges and universities in the northeastern United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SAT (3403 words)

	Experiences with the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
		Since the test is a selection test it is supposed to rank the applicants as fairly as possible according to their expected academic success.
		Another reason might be that the test along with the scoring key has always been made public as soon as the test has been administered, which means that the testtakers have the opportunity to control (and discuss) their results on every single item.
		Gustafsson, J-E., Wedman, I. and Westerlund, A. The Dimensionality of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test.
	www.unifr.ch /ztd/ems/berichte/b2/experiences_with.htm (2774 words)

	eSight Careers Network
		An aptitude test is an instrument for identifying whether the person being evaluated has an aptitude for a particular task or set of tasks.
		Aptitude tests in this setting are designed to reveal whether you have the aptitudes that the specialists have matched to the job.
		Aptitude tests are not about what you know as much as what you can figure out.
	www.esight.org /View.cfm?x=917 (771 words)

	SAT, Scholastic Aptitude Test
		In the 2000-2001 test year, more than 2.1 million young men and women took the SAT I: Reasoning Test as part of the admissions process for more than 1,000 private and public institutions of higher education, 80 percent of the national total.
		When ETS or test center personnel judge that there is a discrepancy in a test taker's identification, the test taker may be dismissed from the test center or, ETS may subsequently decline to score the test, or cancel the test score.
		Before taking the SAT I: Reasoning Test or the SAT II: Subject Tests, familiarize yourself with the organization of the test, the types of questions that are included, and what to expect on test day.
	www.indiaeducation.info /studyabroad/sat.asp (2360 words)

	The SAT: Aptitude or Demographics?
		The American College Testing Program openly admited the age discrimination in its college admissions test: "Age groups are combined for prediction [by ACT scores]; however, this procedure leads to consistent underprediction of the grades of older students, and thus to bias against them" (ACT 23).
		Given that the test is a better predictor of status quo demographics than of scholastic aptitude I would imagine that any statistically significant changes are directly attributable to demographic changes in the population of students that take the test.
		Were all the SAT candidates to enroll in a coaching school, the actual increases would average 25 points (Levine 5).
	hypertextbook.com /eworld/sat.shtml (5845 words)

	SAT* : About the Scholastic Aptitude Test
		Like all aptitude tests, it must choose a medium in which to measure intellectual ability.
		For the vast majority of people, the key to performing well on the SAT is not the number of questions they answer, within reason, but the percentage they answer correctly.
		The test is administered seven times a year -- usually in October, November, December, January, March, May and June -- on Saturday mornings.
	www.studentmarket.com /studentmarket/aboutsat.html (1278 words)

	Scholastic Aptitude Test - Reasoning Test - SAT I
		The SAT is a standardized, multiple-choice test used by most U.S. colleges and universities for admissions purposes.
		SAT scores are also used to determine scholarship eligibility.
		The SAT I is a focused test on verbal and math skills, it is primarily designed to measure how well one can read and think.
	www.a2zcolleges.com /exams/sat1.htm (210 words)

	Scholastic Aptitude Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tests are generally taken by high school students or graduates wishing to progress to higher education, though they are available to anyone.
		However, the SATs are available worldwide to interested students.
		Mensa used to accept individuals who scored a 1300+ on the SAT prior to September 30, 1974, and 1250+ on tests up to January 31, 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scholastic_Aptitude_Test (3403 words)

	Perverting the Scholastic Aptitude Test -- October 2002 Education Reporter
		The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) has been used by colleges for many years to predict the success of students in college.
		The SAT Board is also dropping the entire SAT analogies section of the test because of criticism that word analogies "are not taught in school." The word analogies are being dropped because they measure aptitude, not achievement.
		The implications of this realignment of the SAT are profound.
	www.eagleforum.org /educate/2002/oct02/sat.shtml (936 words)

	Career Aptitude Test - Psychometric Tests, Personality Testing - Scholastic Aptitude Tests
		Psychometric tests are standardized, scientific tests - usually taken on a computer, which are used to assess your intelligence, abilities, potential and personality.
		Unlike ability tests that reveal your existing skills, career aptitude tests show whether you would be suitable for particular types of tasks.
		Aptitude Builder Volume 4 is an excellent Career Aptitude Testing Software that can help you explore what careers are best suited for you.
	www.core-learning.com /pt_test_apttd_info.asp (370 words)

	Scholastic Aptitude Test: The Gender Bias Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is one of the standardized tests prepared by ETS (Educational Testing Service).
		The test makers must know "exactly what educational point" to test, and the tests must not include "a lot of superfluous information that might be related to factors like race and sex." Additionally the tests must not make students upset or offended after reading the questions; otherwise, bias will occur (House of Representatives 274).
		Moreover, the study explains the differences of grade and test results that "neither is biased; both are valuable measures… Tests measure particular, isolated skills; grades measure broad and less well-defined, but important, skills." The study suggests that the results should be used to "complement each other" to predict students' performance correctly (Cole 18).
	www.colorado.edu /iec/SUM97RW/SAT.html (2417 words)

	Sitting the SAT - all about the Scholastic Aptitude Test
		The SAT, for Scholastic Aptitude Test, as the name suggests, is an aptitude test.
		The new SAT is designed to better align the test with current curriculum and institutional practices in high school and college.
		It is intended that the new SAT will reinforce the importance of writing throughout a student's education.
	www.collegedegreeguide.com /articles-fr/sat.htm (1689 words)

	In 2005 - the new SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
		The SAT's chief rival in the field of college admission tests, the ACT, is also making an essay an optional part of its exam.
		The oldest college admission exam in the U.S., the SAT is being revised for the first time since 1994, aiming to be more closely aligned with today’s high school curriculum, and addressing concerns among employers and university professors that the quality of student writing has severely declined.
		The new SAT writing test will be very similar to the current SAT II writing exam that many students already take, especially those applying to more selective colleges.
	www.collegedegreeguide.com /articles-fr/sat-new.htm (534 words)

	Understanding PSAT NMSQT - Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test - National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
		Just to confuse us, both these tests are actually the same test, but because the test is used for two distinct purposes, the folks at the College Board decided it needed two distinct names.
		The test itself is composed of three parts: a verbal section, a math section, and a writing skills section.
		The test itself, though shorter in length than the SAT, familiarizes students with a real, serious test-taking environment, and shows them the kinds of questions they can expect to see on the SAT and SAT II Writing exams.
	www.ivybound.net /about-PSAT.html (1180 words)

	frontline: secrets of the sat: where did the test come from?: a brief history of the sat
		Conant liked the test because he thought it measured pure intelligence, regardless of the quality of the taker's high school education.
		In 1942, because of the war, all the pre-existing College Board admissions tests were abolished, so the SAT became te test for all applicants.
		In 1948 the Educational Testing Service was chartered and the SAT was on its way to becoming the basic college admissions device for millions.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/where/history.html (340 words)

	CrackSAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test Preparation, practice tests, free questionbank, online SAT prep
		SAT, a critical admission parameter for most of the colleges in the US, is an important test for all students aspiring to study udergraduate programs.
		The term SAT was coined to mean Scholastic Aptitude Test or Scholastic Assessment Test, which is a test that has to be taken for admission into any undergraduate degree Program in America.
		SAT is an aptitude test administered by The College Board in order to have a standardized format that measures the skill sets required for entering a college.
	www.cracksat.com (505 words)

	Students Prepare to Take Revamped Scholastic Aptitude Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Saturday is the first time high school juniors and seniors will take the revised version of the test, which is used by most four-year colleges as part of their admission criteria.
		The SAT was reworked in part because of concerns about its fairness to test takers.
		The SAT is a measure of a student's intellectual ability.
	www.news10.net /storyfull.asp?id=9689 (326 words)

	SAT, Scholastic Aptitude Test - Testing Center - Services - Office of Educational Assessment
		Dates are set by the test company and tests are administered simultaneously nation-wide.
		Test companies often publish bulletins that provide information about test dates, registration procedures, and preparing for the test.
		Call the UW Testing Center during the week prior to testing for standby reporting details, at 206-543-1170 and press "2".
	www.washington.edu /oea/services/testing_center/exams/sat.html (165 words)

	Approval of the SAT® as a Substitute Test for Praxis I
		The Board of Education’s decision to approve the SAT as a substitute for Praxis I was a recommendation of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure.
		The study described in the ETS report was designed to estimate the relationship between a prospective teacher’s SAT® scores and the probability of passing the PPST reading and mathematics tests.
		The SAT® score scale was revised in April of 1995; therefore, scores were approved for test takers prior to April 1, 1995, and those who took the test after April 1, 1995.
	www.pen.k12.va.us /VDOE/suptsmemos/2004/inf074.html (432 words)

	79 Guide Aptitude
		This testing, which came to be referred to as the “Profile of American Youth,” was conducted by NORC representatives according to standard ASVAB procedural guidelines; respondents were paid $50 for their participation.
		A total of 11,914 civilian and military NLSY79 respondents (or 94 percent of the 1979 sample) completed this test: 5,766 or 94.4 percent of the cross-sectional sample, 4,990 or 94.2 percent of the supplemental sample, and 1,158 or 90.5 percent of the military sample.
		Test scores from the Transcript Surveys are located on the main NLSY79 data set within the “Misc.
	www.nlsinfo.org /nlsy79/docs/79html/79text/achtests.htm (1915 words)

	frontline: secrets of the sat
		Test prep experts, admissions officials, SAT critics and educators
		FRONTLINE examines the debate over fairness in college admissions, looking at the national obsession with test scores, the multimillion dollar test prep industry, and the legal challenges to race-sensitive admissions policies.
		A diverse set of students are followed through the stressful college admissions cycle as they dream of attending some of the country's most prestigious universities.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats (117 words)

	Resolution on Opposing the English Usage Element in the Scholastic Aptitude Test
		The usage section which has been added to the Scholastic Aptitude Test ignores the findings of linguistic science by implying that a single American dialect is the desirable mode of written expression for all students.
		In setting forth a single dialect standard as the norm, this part of the test is racially and socially biased and excludes the dialects of millions of American students.
		Resolved, that the National Council of Teachers of English urge the publishers of the SAT to remove this linguistically invalid addition made in 1974 to the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
	www.ncte.org /about/over/positions/category/assess/107378.htm (281 words)

	Math Ability/Performance: Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Gallagher and R. Lisi, Gender differences in Scholastic Aptitude Test-Mathematics problem solving among high-ability students, Journal of Educational Psychology 86 no. 2 (1994), 208-213.
		Sheehan and M. Gray, Sex bias in the SAT and the DTMS.
		Wainer and L. Steiberg, Sex differences in performance on the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test: a bidirectional validity study, Harvard Educational Review 62 no. 3 (1992), 323-336.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~wmnmath/Publications/Bibliographies/SAT.html (185 words)

	SET - Reflections from Julian Stanley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		All SAT testing is done for CTY in regular testing sessions by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) across CTY's "territory" from Maine to Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.
		Having chaired the aptitude-test committee of the College Board for several years in the 1960's and also having served on ETS's research committee, I was intimately familiar with the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the famed and, for some critics, infamous SAT I now under attack.
		Fourthly, only those seventh-graders who on the SAT or ACT score as well mathematically or verbally as the average college-bound twelfth-grader are permitted to enroll in fast-paced summer courses.
	cty.jhu.edu /set/jcs-apa.html (3034 words)

	Café Mo: SAT
		SAT used to stand for Scholastic Aptitude Test.
		People criticized the SAT, saying it was unfair and could not provide an accurate prediction of a student's ability to succeed in college.
		Your blog "SAT", leads me to believe you will find my information on SE to be very beneficial.
	cafemo.blogspot.com /2004/07/sat.html (354 words)

	Chinwags from Abu Dhabi: The Scholastic Aptitude Test
		My test was thankfully held at the International School of Choueifat because I had no idea where any of the other centres were.Although the test was scheduled to start promptly at 8.00, we only started to queue up outside the exam hall at 8.00 as they checked our admission tickets and photo IDs.
		Now although I can't talk about what was on the SAT, I think I'm safe to point out that its Movable Type's 4th Birthday today and for the essay part of the SAT, I wrote about weblogging, in particular how people have lost their jobs over it (dooce.com).
		Overall, I think the test went off quite well as we were prepared well by the folks at the Princeston Review.
	blog.arvind-satya.com /archives/2005/10/the-scholastic-aptitude-test (569 words)

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