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literacy test

American

noun

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.

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

Among other issues, the new ballots presented many voters with a de facto literacy test.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

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

Applicants who were admitted to the office had to take a written literacy test.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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