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Is Your Reading Up to SAT Standards?
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By: Deborah Beckwin
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So let's warn you about this quiz. You're not going to be encountering sample questions from previous SAT tests. Phew! What you will be quizzed on is the history of this important U.S. college entrance exam. What this quiz is not is the Stanford Achievement Test (which has the same initials), which is a standardized test that students from grades kindergarten into high school took as a way to assess individual and collective scholastic achievement. After the federal law No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was ratified, many states decided to use their own state-created tests. So it's still in use, just not as widely.
This SAT is one of the ways colleges look at college applicants and determine who they should admit. And it gets pretty competitive when it comes to trying to get the highest score. There have been many cheating scandals and subsequent attempts to verify the identity of testers. But some high school students can choose colleges, including top-tier colleges, that make SAT scores optional for admission. There's also the other college admission test, the ACT, which has been competing with the SAT to be the college entrance exam for years. And that stiff competition continues. So are you ready to get to the head of the class and take this quiz? We're sure you're going to ace it. Good luck!
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