SAT Dilemma

People are well aware of the fact that the SAT's had recently scored about 2000 tests incorrectly. On March 14, 2006, the washington post reported that an additional 1600 tests were found to have mistakes as well. The College Board spokeswoman told colleges and guidance counselors that they would be rescanning all of the tests to correct any mistakes that were made. Four sittings in total would be rescanned. So far, only about 600 students have had improved scores.

The SAT was started during World War One as a IQ tests for men in the Army. It was known as the Army Alpha. After the war in 1926, Carl Brigham, a Princeton Professor, began to use a more difficult version of the test to test college applicants. Then, in 1933, James Brynat Conant, the president of Harvard, decided he wanted a test that would allow him to give out scholarships to boys who did not come from eastern boarding schools. In 1938 it was decided that the SAT would be a test only used to give out scholarships. The test was administered to 300,000 people on a single day in 1944. Then, in 1948 the Educational Testing Service was chartered and the SAT became the official basic college admissions device across the country.