How does ETS work with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages?
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), which aims to promote international and professional mobility, provides a common basis for describing the skills needed to reach different levels of language proficiency. It presents a reference system that is designed to establish co-relations between various tests and ability levels. This means that test takers, teachers, and people making decisions based on the results of these tests (universities, employers etc.) can use the CEFRL to compare the performance of a test taker against any test in any language. ETS regularly carries out correlation studies between its tests and the CEFRL to ensure that reliable and precise correlations can be made over time. The most recent such study was conducted in October 2006, for such well-known tests as the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test, the TOEIC® Speaking and Writing tests, the TOEFL® iBT, and the TOEIC Bridge™ test. Read more here….
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), which aims to promote international and professional mobility, provides a common basis for describing the skills needed to reach different levels of language proficiency. It presents a reference system that is designed to establish co-relations between various tests and ability levels. This means that test takers, teachers, and people making decisions based on the results of these tests (universities, employers etc.) can use the CEFRL to compare the performance of a test taker against any test in any language. ETS regularly carries out correlation studies between its tests and the CEFRL to ensure that reliable and precise correlations can be made over time. The most recent such study was conducted in October 2006, for such well-known tests as the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test, the TOEIC® Speaking and Writing tests, the TOEFL® iBT, and the TOEIC Bridge™ test.
