SSATB Charts Course Reflecting Expanded Mission
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA
The Secondary School Admission Test Board is an organization originally created to handle the administration of entrance exams for the nation’s independent schools. Over the years, that mission has grown as the SSATB extended its reach into more than 100 countries, developed a Standard Application Online, new tracking strategies for school applications and financial aid, entered into training for admission directors and their staff, and took a leadership role in research and promotion of independent education. As a result, the organization has voted to re-create itself as the Consortium for Independent Education. This newly titled umbrella organization will serve its mission through a number of subsidiaries. These include the familiar SSAT in North America and (with a global subsidiary) throughout the world; ‘The Admissions Organization’ to serve admission professionals; a division that will be dedicated to providing services for families; and the ‘Princeton Institute for Educational Research.’
The move is the culmination of a strategic initiative begun in 2005, and we wish SSATB much success as it both formalizes the expanded services it has pursued in recent years, and continues to expand these services and research moving forward.
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