English

Noun

foretest ‎(plural not attested)

1. A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
   • 1964, Perceptual and Motor Skills:

     This procedure provided a foretest, inspection period, and aftertest, and each 5 underwent one such trial series.

   • 1972, Morris E. Eson, Psychological foundations of education:

     Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se.

   • 2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life:

     The children who made very low ascendancy scores in the foretest were then trained by the experimenter till they had complete mastery of certain play materials—blocks for building certain designs, a jigsaw puzzle, a picture book with its story—[…]

Antonyms

• aftertest

Verb

foretest ‎(third-person singular simple present foretests, present participle foretesting, simple past and past participle foretested)

1. (transitive) To test beforehand or in advance.
   • 1977, Research Journal of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University:

     The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments.

   • 1988, Indian Journal of Politics:

     This indicates that probably Muslims foretested a greater importance in the diplomatic corps than the modern western states.