The best-known measure is, of course, the Scholastic Aptitude Test, taken by college-bound seniors only but widely used as a proxy for school performance despite its proprietor's continuous protestations that it was not designed for that purpose.
Since the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) is taken only by college-bound students, however, patterns in scores on these examinations do not accurately reflect overall achievement trends.
They figured to get a minor test on that question here Thursday, when they played the playoff-bound Bulls, a team that had beaten them in all three of the previous matchups, and the sort of hard-nosed opponent that's given the Knicks fits all season.