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literacy test

American  

noun

  1. an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.


Etymology

Origin of literacy test

First recorded in 1865–70

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My colleague Ed Nuhfer and his team gave students a 25-question scientific literacy test.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023

And then we have conversations about why and what makes the literacy test impossible to pass.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Legislation in Florida would require high school students to take a financial literacy test in order to graduate.

From Fox News ● Feb. 23, 2022

And then she made headlines by scoring 89 marks out of 100 in the official literacy test.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2021

The Giulia was full of inside sources familiar with the English literacy test.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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