PDF《Test and Score Data Summary》

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1995-96 Edition ? Test and Score Data Summary ? The TOEFL program recently surveyed TOEFL score recipients as part of the TOEFL

2000 project, a research and development effort to develop a new TOEFL test.

As part of that survey, several hundred score users provided information on how they currently use TOEFL score report information. Tables 1-3 summarize the ranges of TOEFL scores that undergraduate and graduate programs reported as required for beginning academic work at their institutions, the situations in which international students are not required to submit TOEFL scores, and the score report information other than scores that is used. It should be noted that the survey respondents are not necessarily representative of the general population of TOEFL score users. Table

1 gives ranges of TOEFL scores required for undergraduate and graduate admissions in colleges and universities where English is the language of instruction. Table

1 Minimum TOEFL Score Required for College and University Admissions UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS GRADUATE ADMISSIONS N =

322 N =

330 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent

600 -

650 12 3%

71 22%

550 -

597 156 48%

218 66%

500 -

547 145 45%

41 12%

450 -

497 11 3% ― ―

400 -

447 2 1% ― ― Copyright ?

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2 Table

2 shows the score report information, other than test scores, that institutions reported using as part of their admissions review process. TOEFL users marked all of the categories on the score reports that they currently use. Table

3 reports the reasons that score users gave for not requiring TOEFL scores as part of the admissions criteria for international students. Table

2 Additional Score Report Information Used N =

804 Score Report Information Number of Responses Native Country

545 Native Language

504 Date of Birth

488 Number of Times TOEFL Taken Before

384 Gender

346 Degree Planned

338 Reason for Taking TOEFL

243 Photo I.D.

409 Table

3 Reasons for Not Requiring TOEFL N =

804 Reason for NOT Requiring TOEFL Number of Responses Degree from English-speaking school

564 Transfers from schools in English-speaking countries

366 Two or more years of study in English

163 Completion of ESL/EFL Program

150 From Countries where English is an official language

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3 Table 5. Percentile Ranks for TOEFL Scores ― Total Group*

68 99

98 66

98 96

99 660

99 64

96 94

97 640

97 62

92 89

93 620

93 60

86 83

87 600

88 58

79 74

79 580

80 56

71 65

69 560

70 54

61 54

58 540

59 52

50 44

47 520

47 50

39 35

37 500

36 48

28 27

28 480

26 46

19 19

21 460

18 44

12 14

15 440

12 42

7 9

10 420

7 40

4 6

7 400

4 38

3 4

5 380

2 36

2 2

3 360

1 34

1 1

2 340

32 1

1 320

30 1

1 300

28 1 Mean 52.1 52.7 51.9 Mean

522 S.D. 7.0 7.8 7.4 S.D.

67 *Based on the total group of 1,370,215 examinees tested from July

1993 through June 1995. (Total group includes 153,496 examinees not included in Tables 3-6 who did not indicate a reason for taking TOEFL or who indicated a reason other than those given in Tables 3-6.) Scaled Score Section