But the three-section exit test was converted into a placement examination in the mid-1980's.

In all, 288,372 students took 419,101 advanced placement examinations in 1988.

Students take a placement examination in eighth grade prior to enrollment.

The cost of the advanced placement examination(s) are covered by the district.

The test replaces the writing placement examination that the trustees imposed as a community college graduation requirement in May 1997.

The chief function of the placement examination is prognosis.

Freshmen are accepted on the basis of a placement examination with regard to the recommendation of their grade school.

Following official admission procedures, a placement examination may be given to determine the appropriate level of instructions.

In Barbados at 10 to 11 years, students will take a placement examination to determine which secondary school they would attend.

Last year, she increased that to $35,000 by working over the summer, grading 300 placement examinations and volunteering for $25-an-hour writing workshops.