The TOEFL® Family of Assessments:
Trusted information to help you make more confident
decisions based on students’ English proficiency.
TOEFL iBT®
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TOEFL ITP®
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TOEFL Junior®
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TOEFL® Primary™
When you use the TOEFL® Family of Assessments, you get
the accurate and comprehensive information you need
to help you confidently guide students to the next step
of their English language learning journey.
The TOEFL® Family of Assessments:
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The TOEFL iBT® Test
The TOEFL ITP® Tests
For university-level admissions
(ages 16+)
For university-level English language
learning programs (ages 16+)
Using 100% academic content, the
TOEFL iBT test measures the kind of
integrated English skills students actually
use in an academic setting — including
reading, listening, speaking and writing.
The TOEFL ITP Assessment Series is one
of the world’s leading on-site Englishlanguage testing programs used by 2,500
institutions in 50+ countries. Based on
the rich heritage of the TOEFL test, the
series empowers teachers to tailor their
instruction so they can better guide
students to the next step of learning.
The TOEFL test is used by more than
10,000 institutions, immigration
authorities and scholarship agencies
worldwide, including the United States, the U.K.,
Australia, Canada and Europe.
Benefits of the TOEFL iBT test include:
•Access to a large and diverse applicant pool
•Rigorous research to support design and validity
•Accurate and unbiased scores institutions can trust
Ways you can use TOEFL iBT scores:
•College and university admissions
•Graduate program admissions
•Fellowship and scholarship awards
•Visa and immigration
•Teacher certification
Learn more about
becoming a TOEFL iBT
score user by visiting
www.ets.org/toefl/institutions
Benefits of the TOEFL ITP tests include:
•Convenient, affordable and flexible local administration
•Fast scoring for timely feedback into students’ learning plans
•Two levels to provide flexibility for testing students in a
range of proficiencies
•Better understanding of each student’s skills with mapping to
the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and
corresponding certificate
Ways you can use TOEFL ITP scores:
•Placement and exiting for English-language programs
•Progress monitoring
•Scholarship programs
•Admissions to short-term, non-degree programs
•Admissions to universities where English is not
the dominant language
•University exit test
Learn more about how
the TOEFL ITP Assessment Series
can benefit your institution by visiting
www.ets.org/toeflitp
The TOEFL Junior® Test
The TOEFL® Primary™ Tests
For middle school to early high school level
English-language programs (ages 11+)
For young students, to measure current English skills
and provide a foundation for future success (ages 8+)
The TOEFL Junior test provides an accurate
and reliable measure of your students’
academic and social English skills and
abilities in a school setting.
Designed to assess the general Englishlanguage proficiency of young students
ages 8+ in reading and listening, the
TOEFL Primary tests provide support
for teaching and learning with information
about your students’ abilities in relation to
international standards.
Benefits of the TOEFL Junior test include:
•Measures a range of skills to better meet
the expectations of English-language
programs worldwide
•Accurate scoring and convenient administrations
•Meaningful score reports and performance feedback to tailor
English instruction and guide conversations with parents
•Mapping student achievement to CEFR levels for
international benchmarking
•Advising students on appropriate book selections based on Lexile®
measures to improve English-reading proficiency
Ways you can use TOEFL Junior scores:
•Determine whether your students have sufficient
communicative English skills to succeed in a classroom
that uses English for instruction
•Place students in English-language programs so they are matched
with level-appropriate instruction
•Monitor progress over time to gauge students’ learning
and proficiency
Learn more about how
the TOEFL Junior test can benefit
your institution by visiting
www.ets.org/toefljunior
Benefits of the TOEFL Primary tests include:
•Fast turnaround time of score reports to help in planning instruction
•Recommendations about next steps that students can take
to improve their English-language abilities
•Scores that are mapped to CEFR levels, so you will know about
your students’ abilities in relation to international benchmarks
•Reading scores that are linked to Lexile® measures, making it easier
to find the books and articles that best match students’ Englishreading abilities
Ways you can use TOEFL Primary scores:
•Guide teaching goals
•Monitor students’ progress
•Identify students’ strengths and weaknesses
•Determine instructional plans
•Inform placement decisions in levels of English instruction
•Shape communication with parents about students’ learning
Learn more about how
the TOEFL Primary tests can help you
and your younger students by visiting
www.ets.org/toeflprimary
A Quick Reference Guide to the TOEFL® Family of Assessments
The TOEFL iBT® Test
The TOEFL ITP® Tests
The TOEFL Junior ®
Test
The TOEFL® Primary™
Tests
Student
Age Group
High school and
university-aged
students (16+)
High school and university-aged
students in English-language
programs (16+)
Middle school and lower
levels of high school-aged
students (11+)
Young students in Englishlanguage programs (8+)
Skills
Measured
100% academic content
100% academic content
•Reading
•Listening
•Speaking
•Writing
•Listening Comprehension
•Structure and Written
Expression
•Reading Comprehension
Available in 2 proficiency levels
Academic and social
English-language skills
Academic and social
English-language skills
•Listening Comprehension
•Language Form
and Meaning
•Reading Comprehension
•Reading and Listening
Step 1 Test
•Reading and Listening
Step 2 Test
Test Delivery/
Test Method
Delivered via the Internet
with high level of security
for both test content and
testing conditions
Paper-delivered
Paper-delivered
Paper-delivered
Test
Administration
Test Centers:
Test is delivered at secure,
ETS-approved test centers
via the Internet
Institutional Testing:
Schools request test
administration dates at
their institution for their
own students
Institutional Testing:
Schools request test
administration dates at
their institution for their
own students
Institutional Testing:
Schools request test
administration dates at
their institution for their
own students
Public Testing:
Test dates offered to the
public in some countries
Scoring
Secure, centralized scoring
by ETS (both human and
automated); scores are valid
for 2 years; includes section
scores and total score
Scored by ETS or local ETS
Preferred Network offices;
scores are valid for 2 years;
includes section scores and
total score
Scored by local ETS
Preferred Network offices;
scores are valid for 2 years;
includes section scores and
total score
Scores range from 0–120
Scores range from:
•Level 1: 310–677
•Level 2: 200–500
Overall scores range from 1–5
Section scores range from
200–300
Scored by local ETS
Preferred Network offices;
scores are valid for 1 year
Score levels include:
•1–4 Stars for each section
on Reading and Listening
Step 1 Test
•1–5 Badges for each
section on Reading and
Listening Step 2 Test
A full range of test preparation tools
ETS offers official test preparation resources to help improve
students’ English skills and prepare for test success, including:
Paid TOEFL iBT® Prep:
•TOEFL® Practice Online
•The Official Guide to the TOEFL® Test
•Official TOEFL iBT® Tests with Audio
•TOEFL® Online Prep Course
•TOEFL® Value Packs
official
TOEFL®
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FREE TOEFL iBT® Prep:
•Sample test questions, both written
and interactive
•TOEFL iBT® Quick Prep
•TOEFL® Test Prep Planner
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A growing range of preparation materials for other TOEFL tests are
also available, including sample test questions and practice tests.
Make more confident decisions based on your students’ Englishlanguage skills by relying on the TOEFL Family of Assessments.
About ETS
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for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, as
well as conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops,
administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests
and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. www.ets.org
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