remedial test

It could—or it may mean a test to find out what the test-taker is lacking for his level. As usual, you have provided no context.

Sorry,here is it:
By 1997, seven out of ten first-year students in the CUNY system were failing at least one remedial test in reading, writing or maths (meaning that they had not learnt it to high-school standard). A report commissioned by the city in 1999 concluded that “Central to CUNY's historic mission is a commitment to provide broad access, but its students' high drop-out rates and l

rpshstudents in the CUNY system were failing at least one remedial test in reading, writing or maths (meaning that they had not learnt it to high-school standard).

This tells us that these university students were failing an exam which tests their high-school level skills: the remedial test checks abilities that they should already have but do not. It is not

: done to correct or improve something : done to make something better

This is one meaning of remedial from Merriam Webster.
I think a test which CAN assess students' high-school level skills is not always a test which AIMED at measuring students' high-school level skills. They may just have the same difficulty. Originally, I consider it as a glossary term which may be referri

: done to correct or improve something : done to make something better This is one meaning of remedial from Merriam Webster. I think a test which CAN assess students' high-school level skills is not always a test which AIMED at measuring students' high-school level skills. They may just have the same difficulty. Originally, I consider it as a glossary term which may be referring to a specia

rpshMake-up exam

That is a second test given to students who missed the first test (they were sick, etc.) It could also be given (more rarely) as a second chance for a student who failed the first test (presumably with some reasonable excuse).

OK, thank you!