Reply #11: I think you might have it turned around [View All]

[Zensea]

In the early 70s ACTs were subject specific, so they measured what you had learned while SATs were Verbal and Math, so the verbal at least was close to a verbal intelligence test. The math was subject specific also, almost automtically.

From what I understand about how they've changed the verbal SAT, it's closer to being an achievement test now, more like the ACT.

Neither are really intelligence tests though, even back then since the Verbal SAT assumed a common language. I think there were some studies done that showed that regarding the verbal component of the SAT, that takers who spoke a sub-dialect of English would score lower than their actual intelligence relative to someone who spoke the dominant dialect.