placement test

American  

noun

Education.

• placement tests
  plural

1. a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• placement tests
  plural

Etymology

Origin of placement test

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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placement test

One chatbot gave her the idea to develop a Spanish-language placement test to sell on a website for classroom resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

A couple of weeks after camp, Fonseca again found himself taking a placement test, this time for the community college.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

You can start on whatever unit you want to, but there doesn’t appear to be any kind of comprehensive placement test.

From The Verge ● Aug. 26, 2022

Coates established a high school placement test preparation class on Saturdays, taught classes when teacher staffs were short and was president-elect of a Catholic school elementary principals committee when she resigned, supporters said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022

Two years prior, I had scored the highest on a national placement test in my school.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda