introduction to sat

SAT

The SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the US. It assesses a student’s academic readiness for college. The SAT tests a student’s knowledge of reading, writing and math.

The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States. Though with past,it was developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). ETS now administers the SAT exam. The current SAT takes three hours and forty five minutes excluding breaks. The students are advised to update themselves on fee details by visiting the College Board website.

Since the SAT´ introduction in 1901, its name and scoring has changed several times. In 2005, the test was renamed to "SAT Reasoning Test" with possible scores from 600 to 2400 combining test results from three 800-point sections (math, critical reading, and writing), along with other subsections scored separately.