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* started in 1926 | * started in 1926 | ||
* the purpose of the SAT was to create a merit-based college admissions metric independent of student grades, school, and demographic | * the purpose of the SAT was to create a merit-based college admissions metric independent of student grades, school, and demographic | ||
* originally called " | * originally called the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" | ||
* the SAT | * subject tests were added in 1937 called "Scholarship Test" | ||
* the | * in 1993, the names for the tests were changed: | ||
* | ** "Scholastic Aptitude Test" now the "SAT I:Reasoning Test" | ||
** "Scholarship Test" now the "SAT II: Subject Test" | |||
** the entire suite of tests was not called "Scholastic Assessment Tests" | |||
** the "SAT" was declared to stand for nothing (not an abbreviation) | |||
* "SAT I" was dropped in 2004 | |||
* the "Reasoning Test" was dropped in 2016 | |||
* see | |||
** https://www.erikthered.com/tutor/sat-act-history.html | |||
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/03/27/sat-changes-name-but-it-wont-score-1600-with-critics/c8bf8809-2c0f-4582-9911-9e5f74ed4c6d/ | |||
=== 2016 changes === | === 2016 changes === | ||