User blog comment:DiegoAnime3000/Beacon Broadcast: Episode 1 & 2/@comment-11346598-20140807063631/@comment-96.254.157.84-20140807073337

From the way I see it, getting into Beacon is more than just about combat. It also takes intelligence for strategy. So a test could simply be a written evaluation, explaining how one could fake transcripts (Glynda and Ozpin knew they were fake, but still.)

Saying he didn't pass a test could just mean he never took the evaluation and simply got fakes.