TOEFL iBT® Test
The premier test of academic English communication
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You’ll receive four scaled section scores and a total score.
Each skill has four or five proficiency levels, so where your score falls within that range tells you your proficiency for that skill.
Skill | Level |
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Reading | Advanced (24–30) |
Listening | Advanced (22–30) |
Speaking | Advanced (25–30) |
Writing | Advanced (24–30) |
After you take your TOEFL iBT test, you’ll receive more than just a score. TOEFL iBT enhanced score reporting provides you with personalized feedback and performance insights to help you focus future studying efforts and realize your academic dreams, including:
Enhanced TOEFL iBT score reporting information will be available as soon as November 10, 2023, for tests taken on October 28, 2023 and beyond2. You can access your personalized scoring feedback and insights in your ETS account.
There are no passing or failing scores set by the TOEFL Program or ETS. Each institution or agency sets its own score requirements. For more information about how your scores will be used or interpreted, contact the institution or agency directly.
Score reports now feature a more modern, visually intuitive design. You can download a PDF copy of your score report from your ETS account.
TOEFL iBT test taker score reports sent from November 13, 2023:
TOEFL iBT test taker score reports sent before November 13, 2023:
All TOEFL iBT score reports show both your traditional scores from your selected test date and your MyBest scores, like this:
An increasing number of universities and other institutions accept MyBest scores. We recommend that you check with institutions directly to confirm their TOEFL score requirements.
If you take the TOEFL iBT Paper Edition, the MyBest scores section will only include your scores from Paper Edition tests. It won’t include your scores from tests taken at a test center or at home (TOEFL iBT Home Edition).
TOEFL tests are only scored by a centralized scoring network, never at the test center. The Reading and Listening sections are scored by computer. The Speaking and Writing1 sections are scored by a combination of AI scoring and multiple, highly trained human raters to:
View the list of institutions that accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition scores.
1 The TOEFL iBT Paper Edition Writing section is scored by human raters only.
2 Not available for TOEFL iBT tests taken at a test center in Mainland China.