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How IELTS is scored

How IELTS is scored

IELTS results are reported on a 9-band scale

IELTS results are designed to be simple and easy to understand. Results are reported as band scores on a scale from 1 (the lowest) to 9 (the highest). The IELTS band scale has remained consistent and has acquired currency around the world over the past three decades.

Band
score
Skill level Description
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Calculating the overall band score

A score is given for each test component – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. These individual scores are then averaged and rounded to produce an overall band score.

IELTS scoring in detail

IELTS Academic and General Training versions are marked using the same 9-band scale

Calculating the overall band score

IELTS test takers receive a Test Report Form setting out their overall band score and their scores on each of the four components: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Each of the component scores is weighted equally.

The overall band score is calculated by taking the average of the total of the four individual component scores.

Overall band scores are reported to the nearest whole or half band.

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Some examples:

  Listening Reading Writing Speaking Average score* Band score
Test taker A 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Test taker B 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.25 8.5
Test taker B 8.5 8.5 7.0 7.0 7.75 8.0
Test taker C 8.5 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.38 7.5
Test taker D 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.75 7.0
Test taker E 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.50 6.5
Test taker F 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.63 6.5
Test taker G 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.25 6.5
Test taker H 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.38 6.5
Test taker I 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.75 6.0
Test taker J 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.63 5.5
Test taker K 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.50 5.5
Test taker L 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.25 5.5
Test taker M 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.25 4.5
Test taker N 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.25 4.5

*Average score = total of the four individual component scores divided by four.

Calculating the component band scores

IELTS scoring summary
Listening

The IELTS Listening test contains 40 questions. Each correct item is awarded one mark. Band scores, ranging from Band 1 to Band 9, are awarded to test takers on the basis of their raw scores.
Reading

The IELTS Reading test contains 40 questions. Each correct item is awarded one mark. Band scores, ranging from Band 1 to Band 9, are awarded to test takers on the basis of their raw scores.
Writing

Examiners use detailed assessment criteria (known as 'band descriptors') to award a band score for each of the four assessment criteria:

¡¤ Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2) – 25%
¡¤ Coherence and Cohesion – 25%
¡¤ Lexical Resource – 25%
¡¤ Grammatical Range and Accuracy – 25%
Speaking

Examiners use detailed assessment criteria (known as 'band descriptors') to award a band for each of the four assessment criteria:

¡¤ Fluency and Coherence – 25%
¡¤ Lexical Resource – 25%
¡¤ Grammatical Range and Accuracy – 25%
¡¤ Pronunciation – 25%
Differences between IELTS Academic and General Training:

There is no difference. This is because the more socially oriented language skills of listening and speaking are equally important in an academic study or workplace context.
Differences between IELTS Academic and General Training:

The Reading component of IELTS Academic and General Training is differentiated* by:

¡¤ The texts (topic, genre, discourse type, length, number, etc.). Academic papers may contain source texts featuring more difficult vocabulary or greater complexity of style.
¡¤ To secure a given band score, a greater number of questions must therefore be answered correctly on a General Training Reading test.
¡¤ The range of item difficulties.
¡¤ The Academic Reading component has more items pitched at bands 5–8, whereas IELTS General Training has more items pitched at bands 3–6. This is a reflection of the different demands of Academic and General Training discourse for language learners.


*This is because the distinction between ‘academic’ and ‘general’ literacy has usually been seen as most marked in reading and writing skills.
Differences between IELTS Academic and General Training:

¡¤ The Writing component of IELTS Academic and General Training are differentiated* by the tasks (topic and genre).


*This is because the distinction between ‘academic’ and ‘general’ literacy has usually been seen as most marked in reading and writing skills.
Differences between IELTS Academic and General Training:

There is no difference. This is because the more socially oriented language skills of listening and speaking are equally important in an academic study or workplace context.
Band score boundaries

Although all IELTS test materials are pretested and standards fixed before being released as live tests, there are inevitably minor differences in the difficulty level across tests. To equate different test versions, the band score boundaries are set so that all test takers' results relate to the same scale of achievement. This means, for example, that the Band 6 boundary may be set at a slightly different raw score across individual test versions.

Scoring: Listening and Reading

IELTS Listening and Reading papers contain 40 items and each correct item is awarded one mark; the maximum raw score a test taker can achieve on a paper is 40. Band scores ranging from Band 1 to Band 9 are awarded to test takers on the basis of their raw scores.

The tables below indicate the mean raw scores achieved by test takers at various levels in each of the Listening, Academic Reading and General Training Reading tests. They provide an indication of the number of marks required to achieve a particular band score.

Listening
Band score Raw score out of 40
5 16
6 23
7 30
8 35

Academic Reading
Band score Raw score out of 40
5 15
6 23
7 30
8 35

General Training Reading
Band score Raw score out of 40
4 15
5 23
6 30
7 34

The Academic and General Training papers are graded to the same scale. The distinction between the two modules is one of genre or discourse type. Academic papers may contain source texts featuring more difficult vocabulary or greater complexity of style. It is usual that, to secure a given band score, a greater number of questions must be answered correctly on a General Training Reading paper.

Details Score Conversion Table:
This table is a general guide only. Sometimes the scores are adjusted slightly depending on the difficulty level of a test.

Band Score 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Listening
raw score
(A & GT)
39
~40
37
~38
35
~36
33
~34
30
~32
27
~29
23
~26
20
~22
16
~19
13
~15
9
~12
5
~8
3
~4
1
~2
Reading
raw score
(Academic)
39
~40
37
~38
35
~36
33
~34
30
~32
27
~29
23
~26
19
~22
15
~18
12
~14
9
~11
5
~8
3
~4
1
~2
Reading
raw score
(GT)
39
~40
38 37 36 34
~35
32
~33
30
~31
27
~29
23
~26
19
~22
15
~18
12
~14
8
~11
4~7

Scoring: Writing and Speaking

The Writing Test (both Academic and General Training) is marked on the following areas: Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2), Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Examiners give a Band Score for each of these criteria, which are equally weighted.

For the Speaking Test, a Band Score is given for each of the following which are equally weighted: Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Pronunciation.

When marking the Writing and Speaking components, examiners use detailed performance descriptors which describe written and spoken performance at each of the 9 IELTS bands.

Writing
Criterion Weighting
Task achievement (Task 1)/Task response (Task 2) 25%
Coherence and cohesion 25%
Lexical resource 25%
Grammatical range and accuracy 25%

Speaking
Criterion Weighting
Fluency and coherence 25%
Lexical resource 25%
Grammatical range and accuracy 25%
Pronunciation 25%

Overall band scores are reported to the nearest whole or half band. The following rounding convention applies; if the average across the four skills ends in .25, it is rounded up to the next half band, and if it ends in .75, it is rounded up to the next whole band.

Thus, a test taker achieving 6.5 for Listening, 6.5 for Reading, 5.0 for Writing and 7.0 for Speaking would be awarded an overall band score of 6.5 (25 ¡À 4 = 6.25 = Band 6.5).

Likewise, a test taker achieving 4.0 for Listening, 3.5 for Reading, 4.0 for Writing and 4.0 for Speaking would be awarded an overall band score of 4.0 (15.5 ¡À 4 = 3.875 = Band 4.0).

On the other hand, a test taker achieving 6.5 for Listening, 6.5 for Reading, 5.5 for Writing and 6.0 for Speaking would be awarded band 6 (24.5 ¡À 4 = 6.125 = Band 6).

If you do the practice tests under exam conditions, you need to score approximately 20 marks on both the Reading and Listening Test for a Band Score of around 5.5. To achieve a Band Score of 7, you need approximately 30 marks on Reading and Listening.

  ¡¤ Download Writing task 1 assessment criteria (PDF,124KB)
  ¡¤ Download Writing task 2 assessment criteria (PDF, 68KB)
  ¡¤ Download Speaking assessment criteria (PDF, 120KB)

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