placement test

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Recent Examples of placement test Research shows that results of standardized placement tests often correlate with race and socioeconomic status. Ellen Dennis, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023 Lee College let students who achieved close-to-qualifying scores on its placement test qualify through a college admissions exam (ACT or SAT) or state high school end-of-course exam. Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2023 Caught cheating by one of its own professors, one of America’s elite eight Ivy League undergraduate schools admitted handing in homework cribbed to score higher on a placement test. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 A couple months after struggling through his math placement test, Mr. Hope headed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for six weeks of intense classes at a summer bridge program. Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for placement test 
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Noun
  • In most cases, an intelligence test will be compared with a standardized achievement test to see if there is a discrepancy between the two scores.
    Christian Dashiell, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Typically, an intelligence test alone cannot determine whether a child has a learning disability.
    Christian Dashiell, Parents, 30 July 2024
Noun
  • The company’s digital platform includes aptitude tests, job and internship search functions and virtual college tours.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Among them: Refusing to do aptitude tests, submitting unrealistic lists of demands, and then failing to show up for interviews.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Cutting-edge test yields diagnoses for some medical mysteries A researcher loads DNA samples into a biorobot at UCSF’s China Basin laboratories.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But when the gaps between grades and test scores are this immense and consistent, parents and the public should not be fooled.
    Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024

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