The phrase "adopt tests" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of implementing or accepting specific tests or assessments in a particular context, such as education or software development.
Example: "In order to improve our evaluation process, we decided to adopt tests that better measure student understanding."
Alternatives: "implement assessments" or "embrace evaluations."
National standardized tests are tougher than most states' own tests, and a number of states, including New York, have been moving to adopt tests based on new nationwide "common core" standards.
Last year, Kentucky, the first state to adopt tests based on the Common Core system, found that the proportion of students who were rated "proficient" or better in math and reading dropped by about a third in both middle and elementary school the first time the new tests were given.
In 2003, UC accepted a Senate board recommendation to adopt tests covering fundamental disciplines — language arts, math and writing — that are demonstrably related to college work and can help diagnose student strengths and weaknesses.
Under the federal Beach Act adopted last fall, states must adopt testing standards for another type of intestinal bacteria, enterecocci, that E.P.A. tests show is "a better indicator of swimmer illness" than coliform bacteria, said Nina Habib, an E.P.A. spokeswoman.
As a result, candidate campaigns have been slow to adopt testing techniques, even as they benefit from some of the insights that the experiments generate.
It is obvious that the right recognition cannot be made if we adopt testing samples in Table 2.
As we continue to ramp up the pace of innovation, it will be impossible to keep up unless we adopt test automation approaches such as no-code/low-code testing and autonomous testing.
Race to the Top required schools across the nation to adopt test-based evaluation and to fire educators and close schools based on test scores.
Baseball then adopted testing with penalties.
But the Gates project and Race to the Top continued, and most states adopted test-based teacher evaluation systems.
Selig and Fehr have repeatedly tried to take credit for finally adopting testing in the steroids era that, according to the Mitchell report, began in 1988.
