TOEFL. Test and score manual

Educational Testing Service

The TOEFL Test and Score Manual has been prepared for deans, admissions officers and graduate department faculty, administrators of scholarship programs, ESL teachers, and foreign student advisers. The Manual provides information about the interpretation of TOEFLR scores, describes the test format, explains the operation of the testing program, and discusses program research activities and new testing developments.This edition of the Test and Score Manual updates material in the 1995-96 edition, providing a description of revisions to the test introduced in July 1995, and other information of interest to score users. With the exception of “Program Developments” on page 10, information in this Manual refers specifically to the paper-and-pencil TOEFL test.

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Table of contents :
Overview……Page 8
Program Developments……Page 11
Test Of English as a Foreign Language: The Paper- Based Testing Program……Page 12
TOEFL Testing Programs……Page 14
Procedures at Test Centers……Page 16
TOEFL Test Results……Page 19
Use of TOEFL Test Scores……Page 26
Statistical Characteristics of the Test……Page 30
Other TOEFL Programs and Services……Page 40
Research Program……Page 44
Publications……Page 48
TOEFL Study Materials for the Paper-Based Testing Program……Page 50
References……Page 51
ETS Offices Serving TOEFL Candidates and Score Users……Page 55
TOEFL Representatives……Page 56