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Recent Examples of placement test
Diggins recalled taking a Japanese placement test for Doshisha International School in Kyoto.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Even elementary and high school students need to take entrance exams and placement tests.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Many are trying to identify gaps sooner, adopting placement tests that delve deeper into math skills.
—Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2023
Many have made reforms, including moving away from solely using a placement test to determine student classes to relying on additional factors like a student’s high school GPA.
—oregonlive, 7 June 2023
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Even elementary and high school students need to take entrance exams and placement tests.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Many are trying to identify gaps sooner, adopting placement tests that delve deeper into math skills.
—Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2023
Many have made reforms, including moving away from solely using a placement test to determine student classes to relying on additional factors like a student’s high school GPA.
—oregonlive, 7 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placement test
Noun
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Two French psychologists, Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon, leaped at the invitation and created the first-ever practical intelligence test.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Feb. 2026
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In one study, Duckworth found smarter students actually had less grit than their peers who scored lower on intelligence tests.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Young people should be offered aptitude tests to help determine what kind of work best aligns with their skills.—
Muskaan Arshad,
Fortune,
21 Dec. 2025
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But his quick temper gets him fast-tracked upstairs to undergo rigorous physical and mental aptitude tests used to decide which show is the best fit for each potential contestant.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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These tests focused on strength, toughness, and the material’s ability to be shaped and formed into aircraft components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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That includes the origin story of how the lizard came to be, the creation of that Elio post-credits scene that incited the meme machine, and early test screening reactions that signaled there could be something more to that character.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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