test-taker

How do we know if your adultness test is any good unless it, say, predicts later behavior by the test-taker?

Abolish High School?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Nor does scoring well (or poorly) on some IQ test indicative of the degree of intelligence of the test-taker.

Matthew Yglesias » Wonks and Teachers 2009

The test-taker's task is to then draw every minute detail about the play against that particular defensive formation: Where does each lineman go and at what angle?

Pencils Down, Linemen Aditi Kinkhabwala 2012

Primerica and the ACLI say a better question for assessing a test-taker's knowledge of whole life insurance might be:

Insurer Pushes to Weaken License Test Leslie Scism 2011

One shows a table of data regarding flight traffic at various airports and asks the test-taker to determine relative passenger volume, flight landings and takeoffs at specific locations.

Jitters Over New GMAT Melissa Korn 2011

For example, a "matrix reasoning" problem presents a grid of complex shapes with one empty space that the test-taker must fill by choosing the correct option from a set of up to eight alternatives.

The Other 'G' Spot 2010

Even though the test-taker said I'd scored as high as anyone ever did, I felt like not being to pull the meaning of - itis out of my brain was proof of my impairment.

MY KNEES -- PART THREE, AFTER THE SURGERY Maggie Jochild 2007

Taking the top scorers for promotion/admissions etc. is premised on the idea that the test measures some unidimensional average/composite over many qualities of the test-taker that should determine who gets promoted or accepted.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “What Really Happened” in Ricci: 2009

Interestingly, had the city simply altered the test by requiring passage on both the oral and written sections separately–rather than allowing poor oral skills to be compensated for by high written scores––a black test-taker would have qualified for promotion and two of the whites who did would not have.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “What Really Happened” in Ricci: 2009

It's important to understand that the results of a test like this can vary depending on factors such as mood, life events, if the test-taker is in crisis.

Darren Littlejohn: The 12 Steps: An Antidote For Celebrities And Other Narcissistic Addicts 2009