Score field guide
TOEFL iBT score reference and limits
Use the updated section scale as a language-level reference while keeping admissions and Compass routing separate.
- Format version
- 2026.2
- Registry verified
- Recorded scales
- toefl-6
Published scale
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No official or overall result
ETS
What the result can—and cannot—mean
The explorer maps an entered section score on the published scale to CEFR. It does not recreate secure adaptive routing, equating, or an overall admission result.
- Speaking
- Not assessed
- Overall official result
- Not produced
The original candidate banks contain 70 Reading and 64 Listening items; each Compass two-stage path delivers 50 Reading and 47 Listening items with exactly 35 scored points per objective section. Compass routes at a 60% router threshold and applies an uncalibrated proportional 1–6 practice transform, not ETS routing or equating. Build a Sentence provides partial practice evidence only. Constructed Writing and Speaking are not assessed, so there is no overall, official, or admission result.
TOEFL iBT
Three interpretation rules
- The updated scale uses the same band language across sections.
- An institution sets its own requirement; the tool cannot approve admission.
- Compass routing is a transparent rehearsal rule, not provider routing.
2026.2
Scale and support ledger
| Section | Input range | Reference output |
|---|---|---|
| Listening | 1–1.5 | CEFR A1 |
| Listening | 2–2.5 | CEFR A2 |
| Listening | 3–3.5 | CEFR B1 |
| Listening | 4–4.5 | CEFR B2 |
| Listening | 5–5.5 | CEFR C1 |
| Listening | 6 | CEFR C2 |
| Reading | 1–1.5 | CEFR A1 |
| Reading | 2–2.5 | CEFR A2 |
| Reading | 3–3.5 | CEFR B1 |
| Reading | 4–4.5 | CEFR B2 |
| Reading | 5–5.5 | CEFR C1 |
| Reading | 6 | CEFR C2 |
TOEFL iBT
Turn interpretation into evidence
Use the free diagnostic to locate the skill gap, then rehearse the supported structure with its limits visible.