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
  • The idea that students might score poorly on a placement test or get answers wrong in an algebra class was no surprise.
    — Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Even elementary and high school students need to take entrance exams and placement tests.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • And in the last five years, 35% of the students have placed in the top 10 for the Diocese’s placement test.
    — Stephen Wilder, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Students with identical grades often perform very differently on our placement tests, and math grades keep rising even when skills do not.
    — Akos Rona Tas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • After taking placement tests, Christopher was enrolled in second grade and Mateo in fourth.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Rigorous placement tests show that these students are unable to meet high school and, in some cases, middle or elementary school math standards.
    — Akos Rona Tas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Research shows that results of standardized placement tests often correlate with race and socioeconomic status.
    — Ellen Dennis, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The program was to change the remediation model in most community colleges, where students who don’t do well on placement tests must take pre-college classes in their weak subject — essentially a repeat of high school.
    — Ellen Dennis, al, 26 Apr. 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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