major changes in the current SAT is that more time has been allowed for thinking during the administration of the test. It is still a timed test, but the time allowed has been expanded. This is at least partly in response to critiques of the test as unfairly working against those with mild learning disabilities (Smith, 1994).
In addition to the SAT I, the ETS provides for a number of achievement tests. These achievement tests also influence college placement, and in some instances, college acceptance depending upon the school and the course of study chosen. Achievement tests are available in a wide range of fields, including mathematics I and II, biology, chemistry, and physics (Diversity and change..., 1993).
Despite problems with validity, and charges of bias, the ETS also presumes to identify students who are cheating on the test. Based on its own predictive models, the ETS challenges those students who obtain scores that it judges "too high." There have been some visible examples of this,
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