摘要：AbstractThis study, between the years 2008-2011, was carried out to find out the effects of the Placement Tests on the students’ social life. The Placement Test is conducted with the aim of determining which secondary school the students will continue for their education in Turkey. The universe of the research that was performed in the screening model is composed of the 6th, 7th, 8th grade primary school students in the province of Sakarya, Turkey. The sample determined according to the method of purposive sampling, consisting of a total of 951 students; 684 of them attending state school, and 267 of them attending private school. “Student placement test questionnaire” was used for data collection. After being transferred the collected data to the SPSS programme, descriptive statistics (Average frequency distributions) were analyzed by using “t-test” whether there are differences of opinion between the averages of only one independent variable, to dependent variable in two groups. According to the obtained findings, it is concluded that due to the preparations for the Placement Test, students spend most of their time in triangle of courses, school and tutoring, so they can no longer spend time for their interests, needs, and hobbies, doing sports, social and cultural activities, and they are able to spend very little time with their families.
关键词：Exams;the Placement Tests;The effects of test to the students’ life
