WHY HAVE THE HALF BAND SCORES IN SPEAKING AND WRITING BEEN INTRODUCED?
The partners strive for continuous research and take feedback from stakeholders to continually improve the test. The stakeholders felt that introducing half band scores in speaking and writing sections of the test will give them information about the precise level of the candidate and enable them to make a more informed decision. This does not disadvantage the candidates but gives a more accurate result. Read more about the half bands.