A response to the recent article about doing a TOEFL/IELTS concordance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Here's an article by Clark and Papageorgiou about their experience doing a TOEFL/IELTS score concordance study. It seems to have been challenging work. And there is much to consider when it comes to future comparisons. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Here's a two-hour hearing of the Public Accounts Committee on the future of the British Council. It is sort of interesting... if you are into that sort of thing. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

New GRE percentiles just released. A perfect 170 in the quant section will only get you into the 89th percentile. Wild. www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/gre...

Check it out. "Language Testing" published a review of the TOPIK. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

IRCC is going to scrutinize language test scores a little more carefully. It could help, I guess. www.cicnews.com/2026/06/cana...

A short article about ethical considerations of official test prep partnerships in the era of AI scoring. www.toeflresources.com/blog/on-apis...

ETS has purchased ACT. www.act.org/content/act/...

Here's another article about the 100th anniversary of the SAT. When I have a moment, I'll wander over to my bookshelf and find a few funSAT-related items to scan and post. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/1...

ETS will stop mailing paper TOEFL score reports on July 26. I suppose there will be some frustrated test takers - for some reason, some of them REALLY want paper score reports.

The SAT turned 100 yesterday. The anniversary went unnoted, for the most part. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

After July 26, paper TOEFL score reports will no longer be available. Free paper reports were eliminated a few months ago, but you could still get one by paying a hefty $35 fee.

Things are not good at the British Council. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starting July 17, all IELTS score reports will have a big Ofqual logo on them. I guess this is part of the "Action Plan" that Cambridge agreed to. ielts.org/news-and-ins...

The IELTS partners have issued a statement in response to Ofqual's ruling. ielts.org/news-and-ins...

I found this recent report which summarizes how new TOEFL scores were mapped to old TOEFL scores. ETS really ought to put all of these important documents in one place. www.ets.org/pdfs/toefl/s...

Cambridge has been fined quite a lot of money for incorrectly grading some IELTS tests for a couple of years. www.gov.uk/government/n...

There is a chart from ETS to convert between IELTS and New TOEFL scores. I don't think it is based on an actual concordance study. But it's there if you need it. toeflaccess.ets.org/help/en/arti...

Domain experts were asked to evaluate TOEFL questions. They didn't do a great job. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I took Burlington's VTest Academic. Some short notes on the blog. www.toeflresources.com/blog/i-took-...

New English test score requirements (mostly higher) from HRSA for health care workers seeking to enter the USA. Also: TOEIC scores are no longer accepted. www.hrsa.gov/office-globa...

All these exams got leaked. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Here's a report which describes how ETS handles speaking responses on the TOEFL that are similar to those given by other test takers. rr.ets.org/index.php/et...

The IELTS people have published a description of how the "Writing on Paper" thing will work. ielts.org/take-a-test/...

Pearson released its Q1 trading update yesterday. Regarding the PTE, it says "Pearson Test of English (PTE) declined slightly due to a continued tough market backdrop."

Here's the final word cloud from my presentation at #PIELIVEEurope26 in London. This was generated by a room full of people who mostly work in assessment. Some folks asked for my slides, but I don't have their contact information... so just send a DM if you want 'em.

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) will sell part of its headquarters to developers who plan to construct 800 homes on the site. www.toeflresources.com/blog/ets-to-...

Here's the official TOEFL music video. Marketing is hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIJe...

The IELTS partners have published research which suggests that the lectures included on English tests be accompanied by some text. Will the IELTS test ever be modified to incorporate such a thing? Probably not. ielts.org/researchers/...

The IELTS partners are no longer bidding for the HOELT tender. thepienews.com/breaking-iel...

After April 30, the paper-delivered IELTS will not longer be offered in Morocco.

Here's another frustrating article on English tests out of the UK. The Times quotes a reddit post and presents it as a complaint about the AI scoring used in the Duolingo English Test... when in fact it was a complaint about a third party practice app. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

The paper-delivered IELTS will be eliminated in Lebanon and Laos on March 1, in Thailand and Mongolia on March 22, in Algeria and Tunisia on April 30, in Togo on 24 May, in Ghana on June 21, Since my last post on the subject, the test has been eliminated in Poland and Palestine.

The publication date of the new Official Guide to the TOEFL has been pushed back to August (per its Amazon listing). The price of the temporary "pocket edition" of the guide has increased by $6.

ETS is shopping around the TOEFL and GRE tests. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

An NABP task force has recommended the acceptance of OET scores in addition to TOEFL scores. www.toeflresources.com/blog/nabp-is...

According to reports, ETS has been ordered to pay a penalty to a test taker for unclear identification requirements. www.siasat.com/toefl-ordere...

I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore, but I've been hearing about a lot of big changes from TOEFL speaking score reviews. Plus or minus two points seems common now. It could be worth asking if score review will even be possible with the new test, which is supposed to be scored wholly by AI.

Starting in January, score users will no longer get paper TOEFL score reports. www.toeflresources.com/blog/no-pape...

Pearson has been fined quite a lot of money by OFQUAL for issues related to cheating on the PTE, and the timeliness of their reporting of these issues to regulators. www.toeflresources.com/blog/pearson...

The official FAQ for the IELTS scoring screwup has been updated. We now know exactly how many tests were affected. www.ieltsresultsupport.org/hc/en-gb/art...

Just when you thought it was all going to blow over, the IELTS marking screwup has hit the right wing press.

The IELTS partners are retroactively adjusting test scores from as far back as 2023. www.toeflresources.com/blog/more-on...

757 more layoffs at the Educational Testing Service. Just in time for the holiday season. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Says the University of Oxford: "Changes to the TOEFL iBT test are being introduced on 21 January 2026. The University will not accept TOEFL tests taken from that date to meet the English language condition until a review of the revised test has been completed."

City & Guilds has sold its assessment business to PeopleCert. feweek.co.uk/city-guilds-...

There is now a technical manual for the new TOEFL test. rr.ets.org/index.php/et...