ETS® Proficiency Profile Format

The ETS® Proficiency Profile is available in two forms, standard and abbreviated. Both forms are offered in proctored paper-and-pencil and online versions. ETS also offers a nonproctored online version. The ETS Proficiency Profile offers greater flexibility to meet your testing needs by allowing you to add an additional 50 locally authored questions and select when, where and how you administer the assessment.

The Standard and Abbreviated Forms are compared below:

	Standard Form	Abbreviated Form
Delivery method	Online or paper-and-pencil using onsite facilities and staff	Online or paper-and-pencil using onsite facilities and staff
Administration method	Proctored — Online, paper-and-pencil format Nonproctored — Online	Proctored — Online, paper-and-pencil format Nonproctored — Online
Test length	2 hours	40 minutes
Task types	108 questions	36 questions
Score availability	Online — reported immediately Paper-and-pencil — scores are reported three weeks after ETS receives the tests	Online — reported immediately Paper-and-pencil format — scores are reported three weeks after ETS receives the tests
Minimum # of test takers to produce aggregate reports	No minimum	50

For more information about the test, review the Procedures section of this website, or contact an ETS Advisor.