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. Plus, get greater insight into your students' writing skills and measure their ability to construct an authentic response by adding an essay to the ETS Proficiency Profile 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 Note: Online tests are both PC and Mac® compatible. |
Online or paper-and-pencil using onsite facilities and staff Note: Online tests are both PC and Mac compatible. |
| Administration method | Proctored (On-campus) — Online, paper-and-pencil format Proctored (Off-campus) — Online — Coming Soon! Nonproctored — Online |
Proctored (On-campus) — Online, paper-and-pencil format Proctored (Off-campus) — Online — Coming Soon! 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 | 30 |
| Certificate of Achievement | Yes | No |
| Optional Essay | 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
For more information about the test, review the Procedures section of this website, or contact an ETS Advisor.