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I'm starting this thread to discuss about way IELTS bands are scored in Listening & Reading. Various websites state Rules for Number correct answers vs Bands like this:
Listening:
Band Score: 9.0 = 40-39
Band Score: 8.5 = 38-37
Band Score: 8.0 = 35-36
Band Score: 7.5 = 32-34
Band Score: 7.0 = 30-31
Band Score: 6.5 = 26-29
Band Score: 6.0 = 23-25
Band Score: 5.5 = 18-22
Academic Reading:
Band Score: 9.0 = 39-40
Band Score: 8.5 = 37-38
Band Score: 8.0 = 35-36
Band Score: 7.5 = 33-34
Band Score: 7.0 = 30-32
Band Score: 6.5 = 27-29
Band Score: 6.0 = 23-26
Band Score: 5.5 = 19-22
General Reading:
Band Score: 9.0 = 40
Band Score: 8.5 = 39
Band Score: 8.0 = 37-38
Band Score: 7.5 = 36
Band Score: 7.0 = 34-35
Band Score: 6.5 = 32-33
Band Score: 6.0 = 30-31
Band Score: 5.5 = 27-29
Band Score: 5.0 = 23-26
Band Score: 4.5 = 19-22
Personally, I have taken IELTS twice and in the recent one I found that Listening was way more difficult while, Reading was much easier (many test takers finished it in 45-50 min).
So the question arises: How IELTS takes into account change in difficulty level?
Like, if a test taker listens to easier audio than others on same day. Or for example, in a given test, 90% Candidates correctly answer 80% question whereas, in another test on same day only 50% correctly answer 80% questions due to more difficulty. Then how a particular number of correct answers is convertible to fixed Bands.
In GRE and other US testing systems, there's a system of percentile. If a question is so difficult that fewest answer it correctly then it's discarded or considered less significant than another question solved correctly by most. Is there a system like that in IELTS?
Need guidance from seniors members.
Thanks.
I'm starting this thread to discuss about way IELTS bands are scored in Listening & Reading. Various websites state Rules for Number correct answers vs Bands like this:
Listening:
Band Score: 9.0 = 40-39
Band Score: 8.5 = 38-37
Band Score: 8.0 = 35-36
Band Score: 7.5 = 32-34
Band Score: 7.0 = 30-31
Band Score: 6.5 = 26-29
Band Score: 6.0 = 23-25
Band Score: 5.5 = 18-22
Academic Reading:
Band Score: 9.0 = 39-40
Band Score: 8.5 = 37-38
Band Score: 8.0 = 35-36
Band Score: 7.5 = 33-34
Band Score: 7.0 = 30-32
Band Score: 6.5 = 27-29
Band Score: 6.0 = 23-26
Band Score: 5.5 = 19-22
General Reading:
Band Score: 9.0 = 40
Band Score: 8.5 = 39
Band Score: 8.0 = 37-38
Band Score: 7.5 = 36
Band Score: 7.0 = 34-35
Band Score: 6.5 = 32-33
Band Score: 6.0 = 30-31
Band Score: 5.5 = 27-29
Band Score: 5.0 = 23-26
Band Score: 4.5 = 19-22
Personally, I have taken IELTS twice and in the recent one I found that Listening was way more difficult while, Reading was much easier (many test takers finished it in 45-50 min).
So the question arises: How IELTS takes into account change in difficulty level?
Like, if a test taker listens to easier audio than others on same day. Or for example, in a given test, 90% Candidates correctly answer 80% question whereas, in another test on same day only 50% correctly answer 80% questions due to more difficulty. Then how a particular number of correct answers is convertible to fixed Bands.
In GRE and other US testing systems, there's a system of percentile. If a question is so difficult that fewest answer it correctly then it's discarded or considered less significant than another question solved correctly by most. Is there a system like that in IELTS?
Need guidance from seniors members.
Thanks.