India's agencies have passed the tests of the past decade.

ECONOMIST: Credit-rating agencies

It was what the EBA had to say about banks that only narrowly passed the tests, and have significant exposure to the state debts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, that reverberated.

BBC: Business

The virtuous 60, chosen among Canada's largest companies, will have passed tests designed to reflect the current standards of a small but growing number of investors who want their money to be a force for good (or at least to do no harm).

ECONOMIST: Canada not so dry

But parents would prefer a community grammar school that serves local kids who have passed a floor standard in the entrance tests.

ECONOMIST: Grammar schools

In my experience, most managers in the health service have no credentials and have passed no tests of competence, although medicine and health-service management are very complex affairs.

ECONOMIST: Letters

The government is due to reveal whether Britain (and the euro) have passed Gordon Brown's five economic tests for euro entry by next June.

ECONOMIST: The euro

Officers suspected alcohol might have been involved in the June accident on Pacific Coast Highway, but the actress passed sobriety tests at a hospital and she was never charged with driving under the influence.

WSJ: Lawyer says Lohan committed to turning life around