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A college admission test from the College Board, now digital and adaptive, with Reading and Writing and Math sections each scored 200 to 800 for a total of 400 to 1600. Not the same as English KS2 SATs.

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Topic
Higher education

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ACT United States International
A US college admission test reporting a composite score from 1 to 36.
PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) United States
A practice version of the SAT taken in grade 10 or 11 that also qualifies students for National Merit Scholarship consideration.
College Board United States
The nonprofit that runs the SAT, PSAT and Advanced Placement programmes.
SATs (Standard Assessment Tests (informal)) England
The everyday name in England for the national curriculum tests at the end of Key Stage 2 (Year 6) in English reading, grammar punctuation and spelling, and maths. Officially they are the KS2 national curriculum tests. Not the same as the US SAT college admission test.

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