TOEIC Score - TestDEN

So how is the TOEIC test scored? The Listening and Reading sections are scored separately. All questions are worth one point. There are 100 questions in each of ... TOEIC|Score Previous   Up   Next    TOEICScore WhenyoutaketheofficialTOEICtest,youwillgetacopyofyourscore.ThescorescomefromETS(basedinNewJersey,USA),butyoumightreceiveitthroughyouremployerorschool.Thetimeittakestogetascoreforthestandardtest(ListeningandReading)variesasitisapaperbasedtest.IfyoudotheoptionalSpeakingandWritingtest,you'llgetyourscorein3-4weeks.Beingdoneonthecomputerallowsittobegradedfaster. Youscoreforeithertestisvalidfor2yearsatmost.It'snotvalidlongerthanthatasyourskillsmayimproveorpossiblydecline.There'snotimelimitonhowsoonyoucantakethetestagainifyourscoreisn'tashighasyouwerehopingforthefirsttime.There'salsonolimittohowmanytimesyoucantaketheTOEICtest. SohowistheTOEICtestscored?TheListeningandReadingsectionsarescoredseparately.Allquestionsareworthonepoint.Thereare100questionsineachoftheReadingandListeningsections,yetthemaximumscoreforeachis495.Ifyougot0outof100,yougeta5whenit'sscaled.Howcanthatbe?ETSusessome"magic"(howit'sdoneiskeptsecret)tocreateit'sscaledscore.YourtotalscoreisthesumofyourListeningandReadingscaledscores.Therangeis10-990. Whenyoureceiveyourscorereport,youalsoreceiveacertificatewhichcanbeoneof5possiblecolours,dependingonwhatyourcombinedscalescoreforListeningandReadingis.Thecolourandcorrespondingscoresareorange(10-215),brown(220-465),green(470-725),blue(730-855),orgold(860-990).Generally,ascorerangeof800ormoreisconsideredadvancedproficiency,600-700ishighintermediate,400-600isintermediate,andlessthan400meanstheproficiencyofabeginner. Thescorereportcontainsotherdetailsaswell.Themostvaluableoftheseisthescoredescriptorsection.Itprovidesdetailedinformationofyourstrengthsandweaknessesbasedonyourscore.Youcanreadthedetailshere.Thereisalsoapercentilerankgiven.ThepercentilerankvalueindicatesthepercentageofTOEICtesttakers,fromaperiodofthe3previousyears,thatscoredbelowyou.Thelastsectionistheabilitiesmeasuredsection.Thereare4categoriesforListeningand5categoriesforReading.Thisdatashowsyouthepercentageofquestionsansweredcorrectlyforeachofthesecategories.Ifyoutookthetestatacompany,thecompanygetsallthescoreinformationfromETS.Thescorereportyougetfromthecompanymaynotincludeallthesedetails,itdependsonthecompany'spolicy. WiththeupdatestotheTOEICtestimplementedworldwideinspring2018,thereisanadditionalabilityreportedforListening.Thustherearenow5,not4,categoriesintheabilitiesmeasuredsectionforListening.Thenewoneis"Abletounderstandaspeaker'spurposeorimpliedmeaninginaphraseorsentence". TheoptionalSpeakingandWritingtestisscoreddifferently.Eachsectionhasascaledscoreof0-200whichisaconversionofthesumofthevaluesyougetforeachquestion.ThevalueofthequestionsvariesinbothSpeakingandWriting.InSpeaking,questions1-9haveamaximumvalueof3whilequestions10-11haveamaximumvalueof5.InWriting,questions1-5haveamaximumvalueof3,forquestions6-7it's4andforquestion8it's5.Youcan'tscorelessthan0onanyquestion. Inadditiontoascore,youarealsogivenaproficiencylevel.Speakinghas8levelsandwritingas9.ThisislikethescoredescriptorsectioninthestandardTOEICtest.Youcanreadthestrengthsandweaknessesassignedtoeachproficiencylevelhere. ThousandsofcompaniesandinstitutionsusetheTOEICtesttomeasuretheEnglishskillsoftheiremployeesbecausethescorescanbetrusted.ThetestsaremarkedbyrigorouslytrainedETSgradersfollowingstrictrulestoguaranteeconsistency.Thisensuresscoresthatarefair,reliableandconsistentyearafteryear.That'swhytheTOEICtestisreliedonthroughouttheworldforover35yearsnow. Whatscoreshouldyoubeaimingfor?Ashighasyoucanofcourse.Thecompanyorinstitutionyouareapplyingtoshouldbeabletotellyouwhattheirminimumis.Ascoreof600atleastisusuallyneededifyou'regoingtoworkoverseaswhereEnglishistheprimarylanguage. TOEIC|Score Previous   Up   Next    About  |   TOEFL®  |   TOEIC®  |   IELTS  |   GMAT  |   GRE®  |   OnlineDegrees  |   BuyNow  |   Partners