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DATE: SATURDAY, March 27, 1993                   TAG: 9303270112
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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SAT CHANGES NAME OF EXAM

The Scholastic Aptitude Test, the exam 1.5 million high school students wrestle with for three hours each year, dropped "Aptitude" after 67 years because of concern that it implied measuring innate intelligence.

"We hope this action sends a strong message . . . that it is wrong to think of the SAT as a measure of IQ," said College Board President Donald M. Stewart, announcing that the new name is Scholastic Assessment Tests. - The Washington Post