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Sorry I meant the Korean one (CSAT?) which is indeed run by the government. That's interesting that American SAT is not run by the government directly.
by qrian 7y ago
Sorry I meant the Korean one (CSAT?) which is indeed run by the government. That's interesting that American SAT is not run by the government directly.
- saagarjha 7y agoAs is common in the United States, we have a number of pseudo-monopolies on certain things that are run by mismanaged “nonprofits”. In this case that’s the College Board and the ETS.
- wayoutthere 7y agoFrom what I understand, much of the actual operations of CB / ETS are contracted out to Pearson Education (massive educational publisher).
- catalogia 7y agoIt would be a bit odd for the American SAT to be run by the federal government when ACT vs SAT is so regional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAT-ACT-Preference-Map.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAT-ACT-Preference-Map.sv...
- saagarjha 7y agoI think the ACT largely exists because the SAT is not handled by the federal government.