The TOEIC®  test (TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION™) is an ETS assessment tool that measures proficiency in international business English, at intermediate and advanced levels. It provides an accurate measurement of the listening, reading and grammar competencies of candidates. With more than 4.5 million test takers per year, the TOEIC® test is the standard measurement of workplace English language proficiency worldwide.

Benefits of the TOEIC® test:

• Provides an objective assessment of workplace English proficiency
  
• Is a valuable credential for professionals
  
• Offers an internationally-accepted standard of performance
  
• Is highly reliable; scores are always accurate and consistent
  
• Is reasonably priced
  
• Provides rapid score results 
  
• Provides a continuous scale that allows for monitoring of improvement
  
• Provides descriptions of typical candidate performance on work-related tasks
  
• Motivates individuals to improve their English proficiency
  
• Local scoring, reporting and customer service provides clients and test takers with local contacts and native language customer service.

ETS's research agenda for the TOEIC® test calls for continuing research in eight broad areas of inquiry: test validation, information, reliability, use, construction, implementation, examinee performance, and applied technology.

• As with all ETS products, the development process of TOEIC® test forms adheres to the strictest quality standards.
  
• The test is grounded in rigorous psychometric  standards.
  
• Each item is tested to ensure that it measures what it is supposed to in a fair, valid and reliable  way. 
  
• The test itself is validated on parallel forms that are comparable across test forms and test groups.
• 2 barometers serve as guidelines to maintain the objectivity and fairness of the TOEIC® test:

• The ETS Fairness Review requires ETS to review all tests and test materials to ensure that they do not include insensitive or offensive material.
  
• The ETS Standards for Quality and Fairness comprise quality assurance steps addressing audit requirements, assessment developmental, use and administration procedures, suitability for use, customer service, fairness, uses and protection of information, validity, reliability, cut scores, scaling and equating, reporting assessment results, and test takers’ rights and responsibilities.

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