The gold-standard test for independent school admission.
Since 1957, the SSAT has been their indispensable solution.
Developed by EMA to standardize the admissions testing process, the SSAT measures the basic verbal, math, and reading skills students need for favorable performance in independent schools. It has proven to be an exceptionally valid indicator of first-year student success.
The SSAT is written and reviewed by independent school educators and content and testing experts. Every question goes through a rigorous standardized process of validation.
SSAT’s scaled score reliability is higher than .90 (out of a possible 1.0) for both the verbal and quantitative sections and is approaching .90 for the reading section.
EMA has offered millions of dollars in fee waivers for the SSAT and the SAO each year for students in need who are seeking educational opportunity with our member schools.
The processes and procedures for the SSAT’s administration are the same for every student, at test sites around the world.
“The SSAT is critical to our work in the admission and financial aid offices. We have two merit scholarships tied to the SSAT, and our admission office appreciates the standardized data point the SSAT gives us when most of the other application data is student-or school-specific.”
