md-select inside directive doesn't update selected value in directive Unit Tests

[jmuharsky]

REPRO STEPS

1. Create a directive that uses an md-select in the template.
2. Create a unit test that compiles the directive you created in step Raised buttons don't have shadows #1.
3. Modify the model at runtime, scope.$digest() it, and evaluate the contents of the md-select.

CURRENT BEHAVIOR

The box remains in "unselected" mode, and any attempts to interrogate its HTML structure show only the placeholder text as the selected text. Note that this directive works as expected in "production" mode; it only exhibits this behavior in unit tests.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

Ideally, md-select would expose a value attribute or something that can be used to easily determine the selected value. But in general, md-select should update based on bound model changes inside unit tests.

[ThomasBurleson]

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