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

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

A couple months after struggling through his math placement test, Hope headed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for six weeks of intense classes at a summer bridge program.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

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