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TOEFL Resources is all about helping you get the TOEFL score that you need. This Blog covers articles and step-by-step guides, essay evaluation and rating.
The TOEFL Resources Blog
2d ago
More layoffs are coming at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). According to a WARN notice published yesterday by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 62 employees will be let go in July of this year. This comes as ETS seeks to rebrand itself as a “global education and talent solutions” organization. It ..read more
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4d ago
Someone contacted me once again to report that their TOEFL scores were cancelled (no refund) because they increased too much over the span of seven months. This is what ETS refers to as “an extremely unusual difference between” two test dates. Or perhaps “Inconsistent performance in your responses between” two test dates. I wrote a ..read more
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4d ago
According to Forbes, the ACT will be spun off into a for-profit company. That for-profit company will be majority owned by Nexus Capital Management, a private equity firm. ACT’s current CEO will serve as CEO of the new company. The non-profit ACT organization will continue on as a sort of hub for research. Or something ..read more
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1w ago
I posted the following on LinkedIn last week, and IELTS tutors piled in to my page to insist that it will never happen, and that people are proud to take the IELTS instead of some other test. Look, I could be wrong. But I must note that no TOEFL tutors came to say that. TOEFL ..read more
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1w ago
Oh wow. ETS redesigned the TOEFL website. And they’ve got a new logo, too. Check it out. The new logo is a bold choice. Content seems about the same, but there is some new stuff for score users. That seems to be an area of focus for ETS at the moment ..read more
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1w ago
Now in open access from “Language Testing” is an excellent article about test score comparison tables by Ute Knoch and Jason Fan. It explores the concordance tables provided by the makers of the TOEFL, IELTS, PTE-A and C1 tests. This is a wonderful area to explore in 2024 – most readers are probably aware that ..read more
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1w ago
Some anecdotal evidence of changes in language testing for university admissions. Twice a year, first year international students (undergraduates) at Columbia University reach out to me for tutoring while they are preparing for Columbia’s placement test (the ALP Essay Test). Basically, students whose first language is English take a test to determine if they’ll have ..read more
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2w ago
I underwent surgery this month, so my reading slowed a bit. But I did check out a few things. First, I continued my read-along with the wonderful Norton Library Podcast by reading Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. This was a fun read (and a fun listen). It tells the story of the young Jane Eyre as ..read more
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3w ago
Those Australian student visa changes are now in place. Here are your new language test requirements (old –> new): IELTS: 5.5 –> 6.0 TOEFL: 46 –> 64 C1 Advanced: 162 –> 169 PTE-A: 42 –> 50 OET: No change This is my first time to see the requirements for tests other than IELTS ..read more
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3w ago
British Council’s 2022-23 annual report is now available. I believe it covers the twelve months ending March 2023. British Council delivered 1.8 million IELTS tests in this period, a 12 percent increase from the year ending March 2022. Compare that to IDP’s most recent annual report, which mentioned just a 1% increase in the volume ..read more