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  • A trademark for a set of standardized college entrance examinations.

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  • initialism Australia Scholastic Aptitude Test.
  • initialism UK Statutory Assessment Test. A national curriculum assessment, or exam.
  • noun US SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test): a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.

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Examples

  • The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions, according to preliminary results of two new studies.

    Turns Out That SAT Writing Test Could Be Of Real Value 2008

  • The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions, according to preliminary results of two new studies.

    The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: 2008

  • Had ETS initially taken the position that the SAT is an IQ test, the result would have been the resurgence of the IQ debate, and the SAT would not have gone into widespread use.

    The Great Sorting 1995

  • If, in fact, the SAT is an IQ test, then the ironic result of ETS's (sincere) insistence that it is not one has been to produce, in the postwar United

    The Great Sorting 1995

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

  • You would receive a tax credit for the taxes paid in the US & the rate of taxation by SAT is also set in the treaty, so you might not end up paying that much more in taxes.

    FM2 and Citizenship 2009

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