The phrase "as a test program" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is functioning or being utilized in the capacity of a test program, often in a technical or software context.
Example: "We are currently running the new software as a test program to evaluate its performance before the official launch."
Alternatives: "in a testing capacity" or "as a trial program".
The first major title to use the board was the fighting game Tekken, which originated as a test program to experiment with texture-mapped polygonal characters.
Ford had said it would sell an unspecified number of hybrid Escapes to business fleets this year as a test program, and sell them to retail buyers next year.
"The Sky, Up Close and Digital" (Nov. 7), your article on computer-aided amateur astronomy, failed to mention that Space War, possibly the original video game, started out as a test program for displaying a chart of visible stars.
It began as a test program in 1996 and has gradually expanded to where it can now provide detailed data for nearly 7,000 geographic areas, including all Congressional districts and counties or cities of 65,000 or more.
Google Fiber first rolled out as a test program in Kansas City, Mo., roughly two years ago.
MSAs were launched as a test program four years ago and were temporarily saved from extinction by last-minute legislation at the end of last year.
In order to investigate this effect as well as to compare different preloading modes, as far as viscoelastic/viscoplastic response is concerned, a test program was initiated and the experimental data were investigated in the current study.
Logan International Airport will become the first in the country to screen cargo electronically before it is loaded on commercial flights as part of a test program.
"It becomes more and more clear that there is no justification for having Fort Greely as part of a test program," said Lisbeth Gronlund, senior staff scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
But Hodel refused to waive the Statue of Liberty fee, which began on Feb. 2 as part of a test program for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
The youth was one of six prisoners in the Manhattan House of Detention for Men (known as the Tombs) admitted to a test program for using methadone to help newly admitted addicts through their withdrawal periods.
