placement test

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of placement test

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

But the student had learned enough to get a score on the University of Texas at Austin placement test exempting her from all university math courses through the second year of calculus.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2022

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

From Slate • May 25, 2021

The building didn’t look so big when I’d come in to register and take my placement test, but now that it was filled with students, I felt as if I were just a speck.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez