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The TOEFL ITP® Assessment Series


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TOEFL Junior® and TOEFL® Primary™

TOEFL ITP® tests TOEFL iBT® test

• The overall goal for every TOEFL® test is to measure communicative skills with tasks that reflect the appropriate proficiency, cognitive and age levels.

• Touch the English language learner at all key points in their education journey.

The TOEFL® Family of Assessments



A Growing TOEFL® Portfolio Each TOEFL® test is designed for a particular use, age range

and proficiency range




Is a test of English for academic purposes, proven appropriate for its intended use

Provides score information you can trust for the decisions you make

Is intended to have a positive impact on teaching and learning

Reflects ETS’s high standards for test design, development and research support

Reflects best practices in language testing

Is grounded in research

Every TOEFL® Test …


The power of the TOEFL test in your classroom ®

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The 7 Intended Uses & 1 Principle

1. Placement in intensive English language programs 2. Progress monitoring 3. Exit evaluation 4. Scholarship programs 5. Admissions to short-term, non-degree programs in English-speaking

countries where the sending and receiving institutions agree to use TOEFL ITP® scores

6. Admissions to undergraduate and graduate degree programs in non-English speaking countries where English is not the dominant form of instruction 7. Admissions and placement in collaborative international degree programs where English language training will be a feature of the program

• 1 Principle: TOEFL ITP scores are not to be used in place of TOEFL iBT® scores for university admissions purposes

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Why Use TOEFL ITP® Tests?

• To measure core English skills using 100% academic content similar to what is used in actual classroom tasks

• Multiple test forms for testing throughout the year

• New test forms are released each year

• Convenient, affordable and flexible local administration

o Use local facilities and staff

o Set your own test dates and times

o Test groups of any size

o Utilize multiple forms to measure progress




• Fast scoring for timely feedback into students’ learning plan

• Two levels to provide flexibility for testing students in a range of proficiency

• Better understanding of each student’s proficiency with mapping to the CEFR and corresponding certificate

• Students receive three section scores and a total score to identify specific areas of strength and areas to improve

Why Use the TOEFL ITP® Tests?



Teacher’s Tool More time to teach

• Have the right tools to understand where their students are today, and how their learning compares with that of other students in their class

• Diagnose a student's learning needs

• Identify specific areas that need improvement

• Adjust their teaching practice for individual students and for the class as a whole

• Better prepare the students for academic, workplace and personal life success

• Boost teaching skills and programmes

Why use the TOEFL ITP® tests?



Every year, more than 2,500 institutions, in over 50 countries, administer over 700,000 TOEFL ITP® tests



5/1/2018 | 10

Just a few of the organizations whose students are already benefiting from the TOEFL ITP® program.

United States: 450 + Institutions

Central Connecticut State University ─ New Britain, CT

Florida Institute of Technology ─ Melbourne, FL

Augustana College ─ Rock Island, IL

Northeastern University ─ Boston, MA

The English Language Institute, Wayne State University ─ Detroit, MI

Saint Louis University (SLU) ─ St. Louis, MO

Rowan University ─ Glassboro, NJ



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Latin America: 987 Institutions

Universidade Católica de Brazil ─ Brazil

Universidad Panamericana ─ Mexico City

Tec de Monterrey Campus, Guadalajara ─ Mexico

Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa ─ Mexico



5/1/2018 | 12


Europe & Middle East: 370 Institutions

École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse ─ France

FH Koblenz, Rhein Ahr Campus Remagen ─ Germany

Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research ─ Iraq

Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus ─ Spain

Webster University ─ The Netherlands

Effat University ─ Saudi Arabia

University of Jordan ─ Jordan



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Asia-Pacific: 693 Institutions

Tokyo University ─ Japan

Kansai Gaidai University ─ Japan

Jet School of English ─ Mongolia

Vietnam National University ─ Vietnam



CASE STUDY: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA “The TOEFL ITP® test has had a very transformative effect for our programme. We’re now based on research. We’re now based on analysis. The TOEFL® placement test sets the tone for the programme” Peter Chang, Assistant Director,

American Language Studies, Rutgers University

The TOEFL ITP® Assessment Series helps Rutgers University programme in American Language Studies earn a reputation as objective, systematic, data driven and research based

TOEFL ITP performance data, combined with other assessment information, create a robust initial portrait of students’ English proficiency for admissions and placement



CASE STUDY: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA

Deep understanding of the English- proficiency levels measured by the TOEFL ITP and TOEFL iBT tests help PALS faculty explain student ability across departments

TOEFL ITP tests help prepare students for college-level reading and critical analysis

TOEFL ITP score reports help students better understand their current abilities

The TOEFL ITP tests ease the burden of the accreditation process



CASE STUDY: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA

“TOEFL® has impacted how I deliver a class to the students. Having the TOEFL ITP® score information allows me to reassess my teaching methods ...” Fiona Hu, instructor, American Language Studies, Rutgers University

TOEFL ITP performance data gathered throughout the programme provide additional opportunities to reflect on

Instruction: “Everything that we do with the TOEFL test guides us in how we need to change or adapt our curriculum.”

TOEFL ITP performance data can signal a need for programmatic changes



CASE STUDY: Centro Boliviano Americano, Bolivia The TOEFL ITP® Assessment Series performance data help Centro Boliviano Americano keep pace with its students’ changing needs

TOEFL ITP performance data drive programme improvement

TOEFL ITP performance data signal changes that reflect a national trend

“CBA-Santa Cruz has been getting bigger, bigger and bigger, so the

things we do are sometimes emulated by other binational centers that are a little smaller. They try to see what we do rst and get to know the experience we have with it. We share that experience, and they make their decision if they want to follow us or not. That’s just what happened with the TOEFL ITP.” Alvaro Del Castillo, CBA–Santa Cruz academic coordinator



GROUP WORK

Please form groups of 5 and discuss how TOEFL ITP can be used in your school.

① Group One: How do your current English Teaching Program start, progress and end?

② Group Two: How is your admission criteria for your English Programs?

③ Group Three: How do you accept / send international exchange students such as Erasmus?

④ Group Four: How do develop university collaborations and dual degree programs?

⑤ Group Five: How is your admission criteria for certain scholarships?



Section Number of Questions Admin. Time Scaled Score

Listening Comprehension 50 35 minutes 31–68

Structure and Written Expression

40 25 minutes 31–68

Reading Comprehension 50 55 minutes 31–67

TOTAL 140 115 minutes 310–677

Level 1 (intermediate to advanced): 2 hours

Level 2 (high beginning to intermediate): 1 hour & 10 minutes Section Number of Questions Admin. Time Scaled Score

Listening Comprehension 30 22 minutes 20–50

Structure and Written Expression

25 17 minutes 20–50

Reading and Vocabulary 40 31 minutes 20–50

TOTAL 95 70 minutes 200–500

Test Structure



Score Reports

• Institution’s File Copy (without picture, without CEFR)

• Student’s File Copy (without picture, without CEFR)

• Test Taker (without picture, with CEFR)



Score Roster



TOEFL ITP Certificates for Level 1

Three levels of certificates are provided. Each level corresponds to a CEFR level

C1 – Gold

B2 – Silver

B1 – Bronze



Total Minimum

TOEFL ITP Level 1 Scores CEFR Levels

627 points C1 Proficient User – Effective Operational

Proficiency

543 points B2 Independent User - Vantage

460 points B1 Independent User - Threshold

337 points A2 Basic User - Vantage

Mapping TOEFL ITP Scores to the CEFR



Listening Comprehension

Structure and Written

Expression

Reading Comprehension

CEFR Levels

64-68 64-68 63-67 C1 Proficient User –

Effective Operational Proficiency

54-63 53-63 56-62 B2 Independent User -

Vantage

47-53 43-52 48-55 B1 Independent User -

Threshold

38-46 32-42 31-47 A2 Basic User - Vantage

The new TOEFL ITP Test Score Descriptors per Section



Updated TOEFL ITP® Score User Network (SUN) List

• With 170 references across

23 countries • Having your institution’s

name on the official list of TOEFL ITP® score users will help you grow your pool of applicants and get more regional and international exposure.

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