The SSAT – Secondary School Admission test is administered by SSATB – Secondary School Admission Test Board. The SSAT is not a test of College Board and in no way connected with SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests).

The SSAT exams are conducted as two separate exams:
1. The SSAT Lower Level Exam is administered for students in Grades 5 – 7.

2. The SSAT Upper Level Exam is administered for students in Grades 8 – 11.

The SSAT comes in a lot of different versions to make certain that repeat test-takers do not take the same test twice.

The SSAT exam is mainly administered in the states and union territories of United States and Canada as well as other world locations. Almost 700 schools in different world locations use SSAT score for admission.

The SSAT – Secondary School Admission Test offered as:
1. National Test: The SSAT National Test (SSAT National and International Test Administrations) is offered by SSAT Board in 50 United States and Territories and 76 other nations. More than 750 test sites administer SSAT National Test.

2. Flex Test: The member schools of SSAT board can administer SSAT anytime all through the year. This gives a supplementary degree of flexibility to test takers, educators and parents.

3. Regional Testing: Some schools and organizations in different regions of United States and Canada host ordinary SSAT administration for SSAT test takers in the region.

You can register to take the SSAT in the United States and Canada at National Administration sites about eight times a year, or at more suitable times for you with Flex test dates obtainable all through the year through educational consultants and private schools.

Despite when or where you test, you can register online, though for Flex test dates, you should make an appointment in a straight line with the site or agency before completing your registration online. In addition SSAT officials recommend that if you plan to take the test at an official test center in October, take care you register online well beforehand. October test dates are frequently administered at only a limited amount of U.S. centers and testing capability is limited. The only way to be sure you get a seat is to register online.