Possible Clues:

• In Michaelmas, say, educationally evaluated
• Tested for strength like, for instance, paper runner
• Judged the worth of
• Attempted to like this up and down, so you would
• Given tests, dunce always getting low grade
• Checked for purity
• Evaluated and backed South Africa, for example, with editor
• Put to the test
• Tested nuggets
• Rated gold