performance test

American  

noun

Psychology.

1. a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.

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performance test British  

noun

1. psychol a test designed to assess a person's manual ability

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Etymology

Origin of performance test

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

He attributed the high passing score to the California Supreme Court’s approval of his committee’s petition to lower the total raw passing score for general bar exam takers to 534 points or higher on the essay, performance test and multiple-choice questions.

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It also announced an additional $8.25-million five-year deal authorizing test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to create multiple-choice, essays and performance test questions.

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The State Bar hired a vendor, Meazure Learning, to administer the exam and announced an additional $8.25-million five-year deal authorizing test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to create multiple-choice, essays and performance test questions.

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Last year, when the State Bar announced a new $8.25-million, five-year deal authorizing test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to create multiple-choice, essay and performance test questions, it promoted its new exam system as saving up to $3.8 million annually.

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It announced a new $8.25-million five-year deal authorizing test prep company Kaplan Exam Services to create multiple-choice, essays and performance test questions.

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