“Last year, just about two million students took one of the most important tests of their lives. The Scholarship Aptitude Test (known by nearly everyone as simply the SAT) first emerged 93 years ago and quickly entrenched itself as a stressful but integral element of almost every student’s academic portfolio. Aside from a high school transcript, the scores a high schooler receives on this single three-hour test could determine where they go to school and pivot their life path. The test has gone through numerous changes and transformations over its lengthy lifetime. The questions asked, the test’s length, and the way it’s graded have all ebbed and flowed through the years, often accompanied by criticism from students and educators alike.” …
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-sat-has-changed-over-the-past-90-years-2019-8