Tests & Products

ACES is a free online service that uses scores from College Board tests to predict how admitted students will perform at your institution generally and how successful they can be in specific courses.

The Advanced Placement Program (AP) gives high school students an opportunity to take college-level courses and exams, and earn credit, advanced placement or both for college.

The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is designed to help high school juniors and seniors in California improve weak areas and polish strong ones by the time they begin taking classes at CSU. As freshman students enter the California university system, they are placed into classes using assessments in English and Mathematics developed and researched by ETS staff and known as the English Placement Test (EPT) and the Entry-level Mathematics (ELM) Tests.

CLEP is the College Board's credit-by-examination program enabling students to demonstrate college-level achievement in 34 different subject areas and receive up to two years of college credit.

The College Board Summary Reporting Service reports the characteristics of various groups of college-bound seniors for high schools, school districts, colleges and universities, state-education administrators and researchers.

ETS administers the PSAT/NMSQT test on behalf of the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The PSAT/NMSQT enables students to practice for the SAT and serves as the qualifying test for National Merit Scholarship competitions.

The College Board allows colleges to conveniently administer the SAT Reasoning Test and/or the SAT Subject Tests to incoming and continuing students to assess their readiness for entry-level college courses through the SAT On-Campus Program.

The College Board's SAT Program consists of the SAT and SAT Subject Tests™. The SAT is designed to measure critical reading, math and writing skills. The SAT Subject Tests are designed to measure knowledge and skills in particular subject areas.

The TOEFL test measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to communicate in English in the college or university classroom. Test scores are used in the admissions process at more than 7,500 academic institutions throughout the world.

The Business English Now tool helps improve the English listening skills necessary for success in the work environment.

CELLA is a 4-skill language proficiency assessment that provides evidence of program accountability, data for charting student progress, information about language proficiency or bilingual education programs and diagnostic information about students' strengths and weaknesses in English.

The Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service is a Web-based application that evaluates a student's writing skills and within seconds provides diagnostic feedback and a holistic score. Students use the Criterion service to plan, write and revise essays using free online planning templates and writer's handbooks.

ETS offers a number of ETS literacy tests built on frameworks developed during the course of studies conducted by ETS researchers in adult literacy.

Idioms in English is a web-based, interactive program that helps English-language learners improve listening comprehension, vocabulary and speech.

Pronunciation in English — Expanded Version is an interactive program that helps English-language learners with all elements of pronunciation, including stress, intonation and rhythm.

The ProofWriter online writing tool provides students with quick feedback on grammar usage, mechanics and style on any writing sample.

The SLEP test is designed to measure the English-language listening and reading comprehension skills of students whose native language is not English.

The TOEFL test measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to communicate in English in the college or university classroom. Test scores are used in the admissions process at more than 7,500 academic institutions throughout the world.

The TOEFL ITP tests measure English-language proficiency at the intermediate to advanced levels and are used for academic placement, progress evaluation, exit testing and other situations that do not require a secure testing environment.

TOEFL Practice Online is the only official practice test that gives students the experience of taking the real TOEFL IBT™ test, administered in an internet-based format. There are instant scores and feedback on all four skills measured on the test — reading, listening, speaking and writing.

The TOEIC tests directly measure the ability of nonnative speakers of English to listen, read, speak and write in English in the global workplace. The TOEIC test is used by over 9,000 organizations around the globe in more than 90 countries to assess English proficiency in the workplace.

The TOEIC Bridge is designed for English-language learners at the beginner and intermediate levels. Test results provide proficiency levels and help test takers track their progress in and set goals for improving their English-language skills.

The TSE test was discontinued as of March 31, 2010. Test taker scores remain available until two years after the test date.

Writing in English is a web-based, interactive program that helps English-language learners write clear, concise and correct English.

The Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service is a Web-based application that evaluates a student's writing skills and within seconds provides diagnostic feedback and a holistic score. Students use the Criterion service to plan, write and revise essays using free online planning templates and writer's handbooks.

The ETS My Credentials Vault service provides a secure, easy-to-use web-based service to simplify the entire letter of recommendation process. Applicants and letter writers can use this single, centralized system to manage letters from initial request to delivery of a letter of recommendation to the graduate or professional institution.

The ETS Personal Potential Index provides an evaluation of a candidate's critical personal attributes beyond grades, test scores and recommendation letters.

The ETS Proficiency Profile assesses four core skill areas — critical thinking, reading, writing and mathematics — in a single test to gauge general education outcomes for improvements in the quality of instruction and learning.

EXADEP is a paper-and-pencil test that measures verbal, quantitative and analytical reasoning skills, which are important for success in graduate school. Four sections of the test are in Spanish and one section is in English.

The GRE tests measure skills that assist graduate schools, business schools and departments with admissions activities, guidance and placement, program evaluation and selection of fellowship recipients.

The GRE Search Service matches prospective graduate students with participating graduate schools and fellowship sponsors. Students who match the recruitment profile of a participating institution may be sent information about graduate programs, admission requirements, financial aid opportunities and other graduate education opportunities.

Graduate schools can use this Web-based tool to create current and targeted mailing lists of prospective graduate students. Participating institutions can order customized lists for recruitment efforts and perform volume projections online anytime.

Certiport iCritical Thinking™ Certification, powered by ETS, is a new certification designed to assess information and communications technology (ICT) critical thinking and problem solving skills. iCritical Thinking Certification is the next evolution of the iSkills™ assessment.

The MFT tests are innovative undergraduate and MBA outcomes assessments designed to measure the basic knowledge and understanding achieved by students in a major field of study.

The ProofWriter online writing tool provides students with quick feedback on grammar usage, mechanics and style on any writing sample.

ScoreItNow! Online Writing Practice allows GRE General Test takers to preview authentic writing topics, compose essays online or offline, get immediate scores and review general suggestions for improving writing skills.

Administered by institutions, the SIR II survey helps colleges and universities assess the quality of their teaching, reward teaching excellence and strengthen their academic programs.

The TOEFL test measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to communicate in English in the college or university classroom. Test scores are used in the admissions process at more than 7,500 academic institutions throughout the world.

More than 1.6 million students in grades 10 – 12 participate in this program each year in which skills in English-Language Arts and Mathematics are assessed by examinations developed and administered by ETS.

The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is designed to help high school juniors and seniors in California improve weak areas and polish strong ones by the time they begin taking classes at CSU. As freshman students enter the California university system, they are placed into classes using assessments in English and Mathematics developed and researched by ETS staff and known as the English Placement Test (EPT) and the Entry-level Mathematics (ELM) Tests.

The Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service is a Web-based application that evaluates a student's writing skills and within seconds provides diagnostic feedback and a holistic score. Students use the Criterion service to plan, write and revise essays using free online planning templates and writer's handbooks.

The e-rater Scoring Engine is designed to score essays within the Criterion Online Writing Evaluation Service and deploy natural language processing techniques to replicate the scoring techniques of faculty readers.

The Focus on Standards Instructional Improvement Model is a school improvement solution that combines successful, standards-based instructional practices with customizable, technology-based assessment tools to help school districts engage in continuous improvement.

The ETS® Formative Assessment Item Bank contains more than 50,000 high-quality items for K–12 Mathematics and Language Arts that are aligned to individual state standards.

The KLT interactive professional development program helps teachers adopt minute-to-minute and day-by-day assessment for learning strategies to improve student learning.

NAEP provides an independent measure of what students in Grades 4, 8 and 12 across the United States know and can do in reading, mathematics, science and writing and other core subject areas.

The ParaPro Assessment measures the reading, writing and math competency of prospective and practicing paraprofessionals, as well as their ability to apply these competencies during classroom instruction.

The Praxis Series assessments are used for teacher licensure and certification by states departments of education and other certification agencies. The Praxis I® tests measure basic academic skills, and the Praxis II® tests measure general and subject-specific knowledge and teaching skills. The Praxis III® Teacher Performance Assessments assess the skills of beginning teachers in classroom settings.

The ProofWriter online writing tool provides students with quick feedback on grammar usage, mechanics and style on any writing sample.

Part of the School Leadership Series, the SLLA measures the standards-relevant knowledge of entry-level principals and other school leaders.

Based on a set of standards for school leaders identified by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), the School Leadership Series provides validated assessments that states use in the licensure process for principals, superintendents and school leaders.

Part of the School Leadership Series, the SSA measures a superintendent candidate's understanding of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards and how the standards relate to a superintendent's job responsibilities.

This initiative prepares students for college and careers by improving curriculum and instruction in high school grades. ETS develops and publishes these Math, Reading and Science assessments, provides statistical analyses and executes all scoring and reporting.

This initiative prepares students for high school by improving curriculum and instruction in middle grades. ETS develops and publishes these Math, Reading and Science assessments, provides statistical analyses and executes all scoring and reporting.

The ETS® Assessment Literacy Modules equip teachers and school leaders to use a mix of formative and summative tests to inform instruction, motivate students and evaluate programs. Each one-day module is offered in a "train the trainers" format for up to 25 participants.

The TOEIC tests directly measure the ability of nonnative speakers of English to listen, read, speak and write in English in the global workplace. The TOEIC test is used by over 9,000 organizations around the globe in more than 90 countries to assess English proficiency in the workplace.

The TOEIC Bridge is designed for English-language learners at the beginner and intermediate levels. Test results provide proficiency levels and help test takers track their progress in and set goals for improving their English-language skills.

The ETS Test Link is the largest compilation of standardized tests and other measurement devices in the world. It includes external tests, surveys and related materials from a variety of test publishers and authors. This information is available to researchers, graduate students, teachers and others interested in assessment design and application.

Internet Delivery of Scores enables institutions to receive score reports electronically in a secure environment using the Internet.

The Kit of Factor-Referenced Cognitive Tests is a set of 72 research tests used to study reasoning, memory, spatial ability and other cognitive factors. It is intended for research use only.

The TFI evaluates the French-language listening and reading proficiency levels of people whose native language is not French. Test results show how well people can communicate in French in business and academic environments.