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placement test

American

noun

Education.

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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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

About 5 percent of Pasadena fifth-graders score high enough on their middle school math placement test to qualify for the Math Academy program.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022

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

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

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