Score field guide
PTE Core score reference and limits
Enter a score already reported for one objective skill and keep the official-report reference separate from Compass practice estimates.
- Format version
- 2026.2
- Registry verified
- Recorded scales
- pte-90
Published reference
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No official or overall result
Pearson
What the result can—and cannot—mean
The CLB thresholds are published for official skill scores. When Compass displays a proportional practice score, the same lookup is approximate and cannot support an immigration decision.
- Speaking
- Not assessed
- Overall official result
- Not produced
A complete PTE Core test contains 52-67 tasks across 19 task types and uses proprietary calibrated integrated scoring. This uncalibrated Compass four-skill draft contains 4 Writing, 5 Speaking, 15 Reading, and 14 Listening interactions. Objective Reading and Listening receive proportional practice estimates with skill-specific approximate CLB context; constructed Writing and Speaking are not assessed, so there is no overall score or immigration decision.
PTE Core
Three interpretation rules
- Reading and Listening use different benchmark thresholds.
- Integrated provider scoring cannot be rebuilt from objective practice alone.
- All required official abilities still matter for a complete application.
2026.2
Scale and support ledger
| Section | Input range | Reference output |
|---|---|---|
| Listening | 10–17 | Below CLB 3 |
| Listening | 18–27 | CLB 3 |
| Listening | 28–38 | CLB 4 |
| Listening | 39–49 | CLB 5 |
| Listening | 50–59 | CLB 6 |
| Listening | 60–70 | CLB 7 |
| Listening | 71–81 | CLB 8 |
| Listening | 82–88 | CLB 9 |
| Listening | 89–90 | CLB 10 |
| Reading | 10–23 | Below CLB 3 |
| Reading | 24–32 | CLB 3 |
| Reading | 33–41 | CLB 4 |
| Reading | 42–50 | CLB 5 |
| Reading | 51–59 | CLB 6 |
| Reading | 60–68 | CLB 7 |
| Reading | 69–77 | CLB 8 |
| Reading | 78–87 | CLB 9 |
| Reading | 88–90 | CLB 10 |
PTE Core
Turn interpretation into evidence
Use the free diagnostic to locate the skill gap, then rehearse the supported structure with its limits visible.