placement test

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of placement test¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college.

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Some are adding summer camps like George Mason’s, which helped participants increase placement test scores by 59% on average.

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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.

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But when he got to the placement test’s algebra portion, he made the same mistakes.

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

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