The TOEFL® Family of Assessments:Trusted information to help you make more confident decisions based on students’ English proficiency.

TOEFL Primary® • TOEFL Junior® • TOEFL ITP® • TOEFL iBT®

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: Helping institutions assess more students at more English-language proficiency levels.

Use this chart to determine which TOEFL test is best based on intended use and student age group.

Important decisions about your students can have a long-term impact on your institution. That’s why using the

TOEFL® tests is a smart idea. The overall goal for every TOEFL test is to measure communicative skills with tasks that reflect the appropriate proficiency, cognitive and age levels. Whether for admissions or for program placement, advancement or exiting, the TOEFL Family of Assessments provides the information you need to help you make confident decisions.

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The TOEFL Primary® Tests• Monitoring• Advancement • Teacher Support

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The TOEFL Junior® Tests• Placement• Monitoring• Advancement

The TOEFL ITP® Tests• Placement• Monitoring • Advancement• Admissions

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The TOEFL iBT® Test• Admissions• Scholarships • Visas• Immigration

CEFR Levels (Common European

Framework of Reference)

16+ years11+ years8+ yearsAge of Test Takers

For middle school to early high school level English-language programs (ages 11+)

The TOEFL Junior Tests

The TOEFL Junior tests provide an accurate and reliable measure of your students’ academic and social English skills and abilities in a school setting.

Benefits of the TOEFL Junior tests include:

• Measuring 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 tests can benefit

your institution by visiting www.ets.org/toefljunior

For young students, to measure current English skills and provide a foundation for future success (ages 8+)

The TOEFL Primary Tests

Designed to assess the general English- language proficiency of young students ages 8+ in reading, listening and speaking, 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 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’ English- reading 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

For university-level English language learning programs (ages 16+)

The TOEFL ITP Tests

The TOEFL ITP Assessment Series is one of the world’s leading on-site English- language 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.

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

For university-level admissions (ages 16+)

The TOEFL iBT Test

Using 100 percent 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 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 howthe TOEFL iBT test can benefit

your institution by visiting www.ets.org/toefl/institutions

The TOEFL Primary Tests

The TOEFL Junior Tests The TOEFL ITP Tests The TOEFL iBT Test

Student Age Group

Young students in English- language programs (8+)

Middle school and lower levels of high school-aged students (11+)

High school and university-aged students in English-language programs (16+)

High school and university-aged students (16+)

Skills Measured

Academic and social English-language skills

• Reading and Listening Step 1 Test

• Reading and Listening Step 2 Test

• Speaking

Academic and social English-language skills

• Listening Comprehension• Language Form

and Meaning • Reading Comprehension• Speaking

100% academic content

Available in 2 proficiency levels

• Listening Comprehension • Structure and Written

Expression• Reading Comprehension

100% academic content

• Reading• Listening• Speaking• Writing

Test Delivery/ Test Method

Paper or digitally delivered Paper or digitally delivered Paper delivered Delivered via the internet with high level of security for both test content and testing conditions

Test Administration

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

Institutional Testing:Schools request test administration dates at their institution for their own students

Test Centers: Test is delivered at secure, ETS-approved test centers via the internet

Scoring Scored by local ETS Preferred Network offices; Speaking test scored by ETS trained raters; 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

• 1–5 Ribbons for the Speaking test

Scored by local ETS Preferred Network offices; Speaking test scored by ETS trained raters; scores are valid for 2 years; includes section scores and total score

TOEFL Junior Standard Test:• Overall score levels: 1–5• Section scores: 200–300

TOEFL Junior Speaking Test:• Scores range from 0–16

Scored by ETS or local ETS Preferred Network offices; scores are valid for 2 years; includes section scores and total score

Total scores range from: • Level 1: 310–677• Level 2: 200–500

Secure, centralized scoring by ETS (both human and automated); scores are valid for 2 years; includes section scores and total score

Total scores range from 0–120

A Quick Reference Guide to the TOEFL Family of Assessments

FREE TOEFL iBT Prep:• Sample test questions, both written

and interactive• TOEFL iBT® Quick Prep• TOEFL® Test Prep Planner

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• TOEFL Go!® App

A growing range of preparation materials for other TOEFL tests are also available, including sample test questions and practice tests.

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:

TOEFL®official

prep essentialsThe prep with proven success

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