SSAT
Education & Academia abbreviation · Standardized Test
| Stands for | Secondary School Admission Test |
|---|---|
| Categories | Education & Academia |
SSAT stands for Secondary School Admission Test, a standardized test abbreviation.
Admission test for private middle and high schools published by The Enrollment Management Association, offered at Elementary, Middle and Upper levels. It covers verbal, quantitative and reading sections plus an unscored writing sample, and boarding schools in particular rely on it.
Example: The boarding school's admitted students typically score above the 80th SSAT percentile.
Usage notes
Upper Level section scores range from 500 to 800. Percentiles compare students only with others in the same grade who tested in recent years, so they can look low for strong students. A growing number of independent schools have become test-optional.
Related abbreviations
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- PTE – Pearson Test of English
- SAQ – Short-answer question
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- SBAC – Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
- SHSAT – Specialized High Schools Admissions Test
- SSC – Secondary School Certificate
- STAAR – State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
- TASC – Test Assessing Secondary Completion
- TEAS – Test of Essential Academic Skills
- TExES – Texas Examinations of Educator Standards
- TIMSS – Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study