aptitude test
nounDefinition of aptitude test
: a standardized test designed to predict an individual's ability to learn certain skills
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Cohen’s research has found that toddlers who drink beverages sweetened with added sugar, as well as children born to mothers who drank these beverages while pregnant, tend to score worse on childhood intelligence and aptitude tests. — Time, "Is Sugar as Bad for Kids as It Is for Adults?," 1 Aug. 2019 Replicating other results, Bressan showed that over the whole population, women scored lower in the math aptitude test. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Love of patterns, order may explain mad math skills—and autism link," 8 Aug. 2018 Early on in his career studying psychology, Rust saw how IQ tests and other aptitude tests were being used to justify discrimination against people of different races, locking them out of academic and professional opportunities. — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, "The Man Who Saw the Dangers of Cambridge Analytica Years Ago," 19 June 2018 And almost everyone in that group is already enrolled in college, lacks a high school diploma or can’t pass Army aptitude tests. — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "Why we should celebrate high school grads signing up to defend us," 17 June 2018 That would be without resorting to accepting more recruits who score among the lowest on military aptitude tests -- a threat that's closely monitored during a boom economy to assure military quality. — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, "Army lags slightly on recruiting goal as search for quality trumps quantity," 20 Apr. 2018 The best candidates in any service branch are able to tear up a physical training course, score well on mental aptitude tests and possess the willpower to complete long, difficult training that — for the Air Force — can run as long as three years. — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, "AF recruiting squadron to seek — and keep — toughest airmen," 30 June 2018 Will and Tom are arrested and made to take aptitude tests and undergo psychological evaluations. — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, "'Leave No Trace' Is Brutally Honest About Rewilding," 28 June 2018 The entire board favored one new spending item: covering the costs of the college aptitude tests that many colleges require applicants to submit. — Howard Blume, latimes.com, "L.A. school board approves $8.2-billion spending plan amid concerns over future," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aptitude test.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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