The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) has become a part of our culture, a constant measure, a rite of passage. It has served its purpose well - to assist in the prediction of academic performance during the freshman year of college. During the 1993-94 school year, however, the College Board will change the SAT by introducing the SAT I: Reasoning Tests, the SAT II: Subject Tests, and the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. This array of assessment instruments, builds on the heritage of its predecessors, but also makes some new departures. This presentation looks at the context and process which informed decisions to change the tests, describes those changes and what they will mean, and then looks ahead to the future.
The New SAT: The Future of Transition Assessment