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placement test

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noun

Education.
  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.


Etymology

Origin of placement test

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Its new placement test helps students find gaps and fill them in before taking it again, with up to four attempts.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 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

She wanted to know the score of my placement test, the contacts, and my class options.

From Slate • May 25, 2021

A college gives a placement test to 5,000 incoming students each year.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The school year in Zimbabwe starts in January, when every student takes a placement test.

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

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