How to Use placement test in a Sentence

placement test

noun
  • At that time, a placement test rated her skills at a ninth-grade level.
    Helen Wolt, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Enrollment in the program is determined by a placement test given in the third grade.
    Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Omar is forced to take a placement test to secure his continued place for his final year and only passes due to the help of Patrick, Benjamin's son, who gets a hold of the answers and shares them with Omar.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Neuhaus’ students have achieved some of the top advanced placement test scores among public schools in the country, Channel 2 Action News reported.
    Steve Burns, ajc, 15 May 2018
  • Bexley City Schools in Franklin County had the highest percentage of high-scoring advanced placement test-takers with 76.9%, according to the data.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2021
  • San Diego Unified sorts students into advanced math or regular math as early as fifth grade, when every student takes a special math placement test.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
  • For many years, community colleges have assessed students’ knowledge of math and English only with placement tests.
    Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Hern said that despite some students’ poor performance on placement tests, there is evidence that many who have been placed in remedial classes could pass the higher-level classes if given a chance.
    Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017

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