The 1926 SAT

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Welcome to the 1926 SAT.

The 1926 SAT marked the debut of the SAT, influenced by psychologist Carl Brigham, who previously worked on developing aptitude tests for the Army during World War I. This version of the SAT was seen as a psychological test, drawing inspiration from the Army Alpha intelligence tests. Additionally, Subtests 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 were adapted from Brigham's 1925 Princeton Test.

The first SAT was administered on June 23, 1926, to 4,829 boys and 3,211 girls at various colleges across the U.S. Designed to assess learning aptitude rather than academic knowledge, the SAT provided a standardized measure applicable to a diverse range of high school students for college admissions.

This test has been renormed and scores returned have been shown to correlate ~0.90 with g, with a split-half reliability and Cronbach's α of 0.98.

This test has 9 subtests and will take 97 minutes total to take. The ceiling is 178.

Special thanks to Marek, Liam, fyiispy, and the Cognitive Testing Discord Server.

This test consists of nine sub-tests, all of which can be taken for free below. When you finish, an overall Full-Scale, Quantitative, and Verbal composite will appear in your dashboard.

1926 SAT Test Structure