[2] On 19/8/2000 AD, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ordered the establishment of “The National Center for Assessment in higher Education” to perform standardized tests to measure student achievements applying for undergraduate study.

After the establishment, the center set the mission, vision and goals, to determine its plan and path, which based itself on preparing scientific and professional standards where equity and efficiency are present, and at the same time, to achieve global leadership in the formulation tests and standards in the educational and professional fields.

The Centre has also developed an organizational structure that explains the process of decision making and how it moves from the top of the pyramid of management to the rest of the departments.

Since its establishment, the center has made outstanding accomplishments in the preparation and formulation of standardized testing in various educational and professional fields that has been published in annual reports, which is part of the center's strategy of clarity, transparency and communication with various segments of society.

[3] To achieve global leadership in the formulation of tests and standards in the educational and professional fields.

These test forces on student's analytical and deductive skills, in order to help them assess their learning capacity.

The test developing process goes through a number of steps, which includes theoretical and practical aspect.

All items are entered into the computer marked with the relevant arbitration judgment except those deemed invalid or incorrigible.

Items are randomly selected from those deposited in the question bank in a manner that adequately represents that various parts of test dimensions.

Sections: Eligible test takers: All levels of public education starting from 3rd grade all the way to the senior year of high school, in all the schools in the kingdom, note that the detection tools will be applied on the following educational levels: Objectives This test measures a student's analytical and deductive skills.

It focuses on testing the student's capacity for learning in general regardless of any specific skill in a certain subject or topic.

A student can receive GAT score via the Center's website or through an SMS for those registered for this service.

Every higher education institution in Saudi Arabia has its own method of interpreting the relevant weight of GAT vs. General Secondary School final score.