It is that aspect of the AAT that most appeals to King's College, Cambridge, which is in the forefront of Oxbridge colleges keen to find ways of recruiting more bright students from state schools. This is a concern that is shared widely at Cambridge and beyond. Your argument for SATs is a persuasive one. Given the personal, educational and social differences between students, this selection process is very difficult and any relevant information is valued by the selectors. If a new test could give relevant and reliable information, it would be welcomed by the universities.
Schools welcome the idea, too.
Dr Philip Evans, head of Bedford School and, until recently, a government adviser on assessment, agrees. It makes no distinction between schools or between rich and poor students. I am very impressed with the SAT and support your idea that students could use their performance in the test to guide them towards the most appropriate universities. Others, though, are unconvinced. To introduce it would be to distract students from their subject studies.