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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The word “Aptitude” was dropped from the SAT name in 1993 to reflect that it is not an aptitude test. [/quote]

Uff...so true. 
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"...What Does “SAT” Stand For?
Today, “SAT” has no meaning as an acronym. The SAT acronym originally stood for “Scholastic [b]Aptitude[/b] Test” but as the test evolved the acronym’s meaning was dropped.

In 1997, the main test became known as the “SAT I: [b]Reasoning[/b] Test” while the individual subject exams, known as “Achievement Tests”, became the “SAT II: Subject Tests.”  The numbers were later eliminated, and the tests became known as the “SAT Reasoning Test” and “SAT Subject Tests”. The name simplified even further to just “SAT” when it was redesigned as an [b]achievement [/b]test in 2016, though students will often still encounter all the different name variations...."[/i]

I guess people can pick whatever suits them . It can be a test of Aptitude, Reasoning or Achievement.   I think "Reasoning" is a bit funny, because you cannot reason out the Algebra that you have not learned. [/quote]

I feel the "aptitude" label was just fine the way it was. There are different types of aptitude, and there certainly is scholastic aptitude, of which basic language and math skills are fundamental regardless of which area of study a student intends to focus on. A person may not excel at scholastic aptitude but may have other aptitude types that make them successful in life. What colleges/universities are concerned with is the scholastic aptitude of the applicants. Some are also concerned with athletic aptitude, as another example. Refusing to call the "SAT" "scholastic aptitude test" is like refusing to call a tape measure a tape measure because it can't be used to measure temperature. [/quote]

Then you don’t understand the true meanings of aptitude and achievement 
Aptitude particularly has a very specific definition in testing and Ed psych.

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I understand the plain English meaning of aptitude and achievement. What definition are you referring to? Care to share a link?[/quote]

NP here. Do you truly not know the difference? Because even based on the "plain English meaning" the first poster is correct. 
For our purposes-  
innate cognitive abilities vs. information or skills a student has already learned.
Simple enough for you?
Pre 2016 the SAT billed itself as an aptitude test, since then as an achievement test. Very different measures although aptitude plays a signficant role in a student's achievement. It is unavoidable. 
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