Dystopian society- exams determines person's social status

Hey everyone

I read a book a few years ago but I don't remember the title

Its about a society which is ruled by a Council. Every person must take regular tests/ exams. The score that a person gets on the test is converted into points. The number of points that a person has determines his/her social status in the society. The points determine where one lives and works.The story is about a family living in this society.

Sorry this is all I remember. Could someone please help me find the title or author.

Thank you ('',)

Hmmmm. Is it this? You didn't say whether it's adult or young adult fiction?

Invitation to the game by Monica Hughes.

Was it the first book of a trilogy? The Wind Singer is about a family (two parents, fraternal twins and toddler) living in the society you describe. Early in the book, the family loses their home, partly due to the toddler not being toilet-trained yet. I think the dad is a librarian, or works at a library, and has a history of not passing exams.

There is also a book called Test by William Sleator which might match your description...

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William Sleator, Test

Pass, and have it made—fail, and suffer the consequences. A master of teen thrillers tests readers’ courage in an edge-of-your-seat novel that echoes the fears of exam-takers everywhere.

Ann, a teenage girl living in the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the very near future, is threatened on her way home from school by a mysterious man on a black motorcycle. Soon, she and a new friend are caught up in a vast conspiracy of greed involving the megawealthy owner of a school testing company. Students who pass his test have it made; those who don’t disappear . . . or worse. Will Ann be next?

I too think this sounds like The wind singer.

Thank you to everyone who replied.

You guys are the best> You all ROCK!!!!!!

The book is the Wind Singer.

Thank you all soooo much. Really appreciate it.

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Oh and I'm gna try and read Test as well as Invitation to the Game.

They sound really interesting

Invitation is an old favorite of mine, hope you enjoy it!

Invitation to the game is one of the most-asked for books, definitely worth reading!

These books sounds interesting. I'm going to have to give them a read!