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How we score TOEFL Reading, Listening, Writing, and Speaking
Practice reports teach the next drill. Reading and Listening items are right or wrong. Writing and Speaking use 0–5 criteria. Every 1.0–6.0 figure is a practice estimate, not an official ETS score.
Machine items
Build a Sentence is exact chunk order: 1 or 0 per item, ten items, no partial credit.
Constructed responses
Email, Discussion, Listen and Repeat, and Interview use 0–5 practice scores with dual-model checks and Score-0 gates.
Same wallet
Each solo task costs 1 credit. A full section costs 3. Free accounts get 2 credits shared across all four skills.
Not an ETS table
The 1.0–6.0 section figure is orientation only. Use criterion scores to decide what to practice next.
Indicative Writing section map
Combine Build a Sentence (0–10), Write an Email (0–5), and Academic Discussion (0–5). Formula: 1.0 + 5 × mean(BAS/10, Email/5, Discussion/5), rounded to 0.5. Orientation only — not an ETS table.
1 + 5 × mean(0.70, 0.70, 0.70) = 4.50
4.5
Indicative section (1.0–6.0), rounded to the nearest 0.5 from 4.50
A formula is not a criterion score. Paste a response to see if this band matches · Start Listen and Repeat · how TOEFL writing is scored
How Writing practice scores work
Write an Email is scored on Purposeful Communication, Social Conventions and Tone, and Language Facility. Academic Discussion is scored on Contribution and Elaboration, Idea Development and Organization, and Language Facility. Both use the public 0–5 descriptors.
Build a Sentence is not a rubric score. Each of the ten items is right or wrong by chunk order. Missing one required email bullet, or only agreeing in a discussion post, is a criterion problem — not a “band” problem.
A pasted email or discussion uses 1 credit when you submit. The full timed Writing section uses 3 credits and is meant for paid practice, not the free trial.
How Speaking practice scores work
Listen and Repeat items combine Repeat Accuracy, Intelligibility, and Fluency. Take an Interview items add Language Use and Organization. Each item receives a 0–5 practice score, then the earned raw total maps to an indicative 1.0–6.0 Speaking figure.
Listen and Repeat is the conversion task: seven sentences, about two minutes, 1 credit used when the exam starts. The full 11-item section costs 3 credits and is blocked on the free trial.
Audio is not retained. The report uses the transcript and timing evidence (WPM, pauses, fillers, time to first word) to explain what to change.
How Reading practice scores work
Complete the Words, Read in Daily Life, and Read an Academic Passage are right or wrong. A blank or a question scores 1 or 0. There is no partial credit and no 0–5 rubric on these items.
The report counts how many you got right and maps that count to an indicative 1.0–6.0 Reading figure. That map is a practice orientation. It is not an official ETS raw-to-scale table.
A solo Reading task costs 1 credit when the exam starts. Complete the Words is the free-trial entry. The two-module section costs 3 credits.
How Listening practice scores work
Choose a Response, conversations, announcements, and academic talks are right or wrong as well. The report shows the choice you picked, the key, and a short rationale.
The indicative 1.0–6.0 Listening figure comes from the count of correct items. It is labeled practice-only. It does not predict an official Listening score.
A solo Listening task costs 1 credit when the exam starts. Choose a Response is the free-trial entry. The two-module section costs 3 credits.
What the calculator is for
The widget above maps three Writing task scores onto a 1.0–6.0 orientation figure. Change any input and the exact mean updates immediately; the band only moves on 0.5 steps, which is why 7 / 3.5 / 3.5 and 8 / 3.5 / 3.5 can both round to 4.5.
That rounding is not a score, and the widget is a Writing tool only. Paste a real email or discussion if you want Writing evidence. Record Listen and Repeat for Speaking. Open a Reading or Listening task if you want a right-or-wrong item review.
How it works
Paste a writing draft
Spend one credit on submit and read the criterion bars, not only the section figure.
Or record Listen and Repeat
Spend one credit when the exam starts. Review word-level accuracy, pauses, and intelligibility.
Treat 1.0–6.0 as orientation
Use the lowest frequent criterion as tomorrow’s drill. Practice scores are not official ETS results.
Frequently asked questions
Practice all four TOEFL sections
Start a Reading, Listening, Speaking, or Writing task and review an indicative practice report.
Paste a response