CalTech adds REA (replacing prior EA), extends test blind policy for 2 years

Mwfan1921
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:13:27 +0000

ucbalumnus:

The A in SAT meant aptitude decades ago when I took it.

Yep, aptitude was dropped in 1993. CB went with A for Assessment, but dropped that in 1997 when they decided to just go with “SAT” which doesn’t stand for anything.

“We hope this action sends a strong message . . . that it is wrong to think of the SAT as a measure of IQ,” said College Board President Donald M. Stewart, announcing that the new name is Scholastic Assessment Tests.

The change is an effort “to correct the impression among some people that the SAT measures something that is innate and impervious to change regardless of effort or instruction,” he said.

Washington Post

SAT CHANGES NAME, BUT IT WON'T SCORE 1,600 WITH CRITICS