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English test

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E F S E T TO E F L / I E LT S

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E F S E T TO E F L / I E LT S

EF SET MEASURES MORE LEVELS B

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EFSET TOEIC TOEFL IELTS

LEAD CONSULTANTS

Dr. Lyle Bachman University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Mari Pearlman Former Senior Vice President at ETS

Dr . R ichard Luecht University of North Carolina, Greensboro

• Formal item writing & standard setting

processes led by Dr. Pearlman

• 15 large-scale trials with 40,000+ learners of

all levels from 80+ countries

• 2 additional trials per year

ACCURACY & RELIABILITY

Item Analysis

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TRIAL WEEKS

R1 R2 R3 …

L1 L2 L3 …

NEW TASKS

Retry

Discard

EFSET TRIALING

EF SET ADAPTIVE ENGINE

TOEFL iBT Reading Scores

5 10 15 20 25 30

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CORRELATION STUDIES

EF SET correlate positively with TOEFL and IELTS

scores.

Professor Ric Luecht of the University of North Carolina

www.ef.com/efsetstudy

EF SET Products

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Time

limit 15 Minutes 50 Minutes 120 Minutes

Skills

tested Reading and Listening Reading and Listening Reading and Listening

Format Fixed questions Adaptive Adaptive

Score

range

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

EFSET Score 1-100

TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC

Equivalent Scores

EFSET Score 1-100

TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC

Equivalent Scores

EFSET Products

QUICK CHECK CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PLUS

Time

limit 15 Minutes 50 Minutes 120 Minutes

Skills

tested Reading and Listening Reading and Listening Reading and Listening

Format Fixed questions Adaptive Adaptive

Score

range

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

EFSET Score 1-100

TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC

Equivalent Scores

EFSET Score 1-100

TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC

Equivalent Scores

• 50-min reading & listening adaptive test

• 3-4 tasks per section

• Some questions require 2 answers

• Raw scores converted to EF scores (1-100), which are

calibrated to the CEFR

EF SET & SCORING

EF SET SCALE

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for academic research

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The EF English Proficiency Index is the

most comprehensive ranking of

countries by English skills.

The EF EPI 2017 Launched

at the House of Commons!

Test Takers

Countries

Female

Median Age

EF EPI 2017 RANKINGS

Japan’s English Levels by Region

國家 EF EPI 分數 TOEFL iBT IELTS GT

新加坡 66.03 7.4 96

馬來西亞 61.07 7.0 90

印度 56.12 6.2 93

香港 55.81 6.3 87

韓國 55.32 5.5 82

越南 53.43 6.0 82

中國 52.45 6.0 79

日本 52.34 5.6 71

台灣 52.04 5.8 81

泰國 49.78 5.2 78

EF EPI VS TOEFL AND IELTS

EF EPI REPORTS

(Companies) EF EPI-c

(Adults)

EF EPI

(Schools)

EF EPI-s

The EF EPI-s is a study of the

acquisition of English skills by high

school and university students.

Countries Students

A customized platform

A customized results report

Detailed comparison

One certificate for each

student

CEFR-level and EF

Score noted on

certificate

The student certificate

To participate in the EF EPI research

and test your students, please

contact our EF Japan staff

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