"Colloquially the assessments—particularly in the test form—are referred to as SATs. This terminology is rooted in the original intention to introduce Standard Assessment Tasks when the assessments were first introduced.[10] The term is variously believed to stand for Statutory Assessment Tests,[11] Standard Attainment Tests,[12] Standardised Achievement Tests and Standard Assessment Tests.[2] "SATs" is pronounced as one word, rather than the American SATs (where the letters "S-A-T" are pronounced individually). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N..." - Adrian