board (Eduers, 2010; ETS, 2009). The TOEFL iBT is provided 30-40 times each year, at secure, Internet-based test sites worldwide. The TOEFL Paper-based Test (TOEFL PBT) is provided six times a year (ETS, 2009).
Each university or college provides score requirements and there is no pass or fail score. For the TOEFL iBT, each section of the test results in a score of 0-30, and there is a total score for the whole test of 0-120. At least one question or task must be completed for each section to earn a score on the test. Maximum TOEFL score for the paper-based test is 677 (range of 200-677). Automated computer scoring and anonymous and highly trained professional raters are both used to score the TOEFL test. This helps to ensure unbiased and accurate results (ETS, 2009). A good score is more than the minimum score determined by schools (Eduers, 2010).
Descriptions of the TOEFL (which is the paper version) sections vary. As presented by Eduers (2010), the Listening section has 30 or 50 questions, the S
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