What does the SAT stand for?
When the SAT exam was first developed in 1926, the letters SAT stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test. At the time, the test developers believed that the test accurately measured a persons aptitude, their innate intelligence. For that reason, the folks who wrote the test also thought that the test was “uncoachable,” that no one could prepare for it. Well, SAT test prep is now a 100 million dollar a year business, and it is well-documented that you can prepare and improve on your test scores. The College Board itself, the company that makes the SAT, now offers test prep materials. In 1994, the College Board ceased calling the SAT the “Scholastic Aptitude Test” in favor of the name “Scholastic Assessment Test.” But apparently that name did not do the trick either.
