literacy test

collocation in English

meaningsofliteracyandtest

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literacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.si/
the ability to read ...
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test
noun[C]
uk
/test/us
/test/
a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or ...
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(Definition ofliteracyandtestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliteracy test

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Numerous other words, such as "person," "state," "labor organization," "employment agency," "parent," and "literacytest," are carefully and specifically defined.
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My view is that to establish aliteracytestwould be extremely difficult.
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They are not required to take theliteracytest.
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They insisted on regular passports issued only after aliteracytestand an examination proving the good health of the would-be emigrant.
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But, besides this, there is a newliteracytest.
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It is proposed to apply a simpleliteracytest.
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May we be told what is theliteracytest?
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They are to have aliteracytestand are to be able to earn a sum of approximately £3 a week or else have £500 worth of property.
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It is therefore estimated that by substituting the higher test of matriculation for theliteracytest, only 1,500 women will be put on the register instead of 377,000.
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I suspect one would find that the schools which had a high failure rate in any nationalliteracytest were also deficient in the provision of school books.
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Although there is an over-lap of some who may come in on another qualification, the substitution of the matriculation test for theliteracytestwould disfranchise practically all of them.
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A favorite plan was theliteracytestto exclude workers who could not read or write their own foreign language.
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Responding to these demands, opponents of theliteracytestcalled for the establishment of an immigration commission to focus on immigration as a whole.
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Theliteracytestis based on spelling, punctuation, and comprehension and lasts for no longer than 48 minutes.
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Each committee member is required to pass a stringentliteracytestbefore taking office.
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The constitution of 1895 instituted a poll tax and also required voters to pass aliteracytest.
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