TOEFL TOEIC IELTS English Tests

The English Language Testing Service (ELTS) replaced the English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB) used by the British Council since the mid 1960s for the purpose of screening international applicants to universities and colleges in the UK.

In 1987 The International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges (IDP), now IDP Education Australia, joined the British Council and UCLES to form an international partnership, new test design and new name for the test: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Since 1989, IELTS has a test which measures the true to life ability to communicate in English. Over 1,000,000 people a year across 120 countries are now using IELTS test results to open doors throughout the English-speaking world.

More than 6,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognise IELTS scores as a valid indicator of the ability to communicate in English. Over 1,700 USA universities, USA colleges and professional bodies accept IELTS scores as proof of English language skills.

IELTS is the International English Language Testing System which measures the ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking.

IELTS Test Data is published on the internet

Test performance 2007
http://www.ielts.org/teachers_and_researchers
/analysis_of_test_data/test_performance_2006.aspx

Each year, multiple versions of each of the six IELTS modules (Listening, Academic Reading, General Training Reading, Academic Writing, General Training Writing, and Speaking) are released for use by centres testing IELTS candidates. Reliability estimates for the objectively and subjectively scored modules used in 2007 are reported here.

Test-taker performance 2007
http://www.ielts.org/teachers_and_researchers
/analysis_of_test_data/test-taker_performance_2006.aspx

IELTS is assessed on a nine-band scale and reports scores both overall and by individual skill. Overall Band Scores for Academic and General Training candidates in 2007 are reported here together with scores for the individual skills.

Percentile ranks 2007
http://www.ielts.org/teachers_and_researchers
/analysis_of_test_data/percentile_ranks_2007.aspx

In addition overall band percentile data is reported for candidates grouped in terms of their purpose for taking IELTS and by their first language and country of region of origin.

The IELTS is an excellent test for students who wish to study, work or immigrate into the English speaking community.

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