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2d ago
Below find a complaint from an IELTS test-taker that was shared on social media a few days ago. This individual experienced a technical problem during his online (at home) IELTS. Their test was not validated and no refund was given. They then spent a large amount of money to take the test at a test ..read more
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2d ago
Happy April, folks! First up – new versions of the Official Guide to the TOEFL and the two Official Tests books were published this month, but my copies haven’t arrived so no news about those in this month’s column. Maybe next month. Meanwhile, I did read a few things. They are… Nancy’s Isenberg’s White Trash ..read more
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5d ago
Amazon is now shipping copies of the new Official Guide to the TOEFL. As noted a few days ago, the guide no longer contains certain long running inaccuracies, so it’s probably a good time to record the Saga of the Altruism Question. In late 2005 the first edition of “The Official Guide to the New ..read more
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1w ago
The Chosun published a story yesterday about exam tourism. It reports that Chinese students are flocking to Korea to take the TOEFL and IELTS tests due to a shortage of testing centers in China. Perhaps half of IELTS test-takers in Korea are Chinese nationals, according to the article. It is mentioned that there are only ..read more
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1w ago
My copy of the new TOEFL iBT Premium from Barron’s just arrived. I was really lucky to have the opportunity to contribute a little bit to this edition (the 18th). My job was mainly to revise the integrated writing questions and make them a bit more accurate. I also fact checked the boring stuff (payment ..read more
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2w ago
I just learned that the TOEFL iBT Paper Edition was quietly discontinued in January. The Paper Edition launched in December of 2021 in select cities across four countries. Test-takers took the Reading, Listening and Writing sections on paper at a test center, and took the speaking section from home on a computer. It included unlimited ..read more
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2w 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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2w 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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2w 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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3w 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