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TOEFL® Research Program

Advancing the field of English-language learning and assessment

Assessment and Learning

The TOEFL research program conducts research on different topics related to language assessment and learning. This research provides guidance on how to use test scores to inform classroom teaching and assessment, and it ensures that test content reflects representative language knowledge and skills used in academic contexts.

The Use of TOEFL iBT® in Admissions Decisions: Stakeholder Perceptions of Policies and Practices

Reports on how three different groups of stakeholders—university admissions officers, faculty in graduate programs involved in admissions decisions, and Intensive English Program (IEP) faculty—interpret and use TOEFL iBT® scores in making admissions decisions or preparing students to meet minimum test score requirements. 

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The Use of TOEFL iBT® in Admissions Decisions: Stakeholder Perceptions of Policies and Practices

The Effectiveness of the TOEFL® Essentials™ Test for Distinguishing English Proficiency Levels

Investigates the relationship of TOEFL Essentials test scores to course placements and teacher judgements in university English language programs in Canada and the United States.

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The effectiveness of the TOEFL® Essentials™ test for distinguishing English proficiency levels

Researching Academic Reading in Two Contrasting English as a Medium of Instruction Contexts at a University Level

Investigates differences in reading demands of academic programs in two different English as a medium of instruction (EMI) university settings in Nepal and Sweden, and students’ perspectives regarding the suitability of the test within their EMI settings.

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Researching Academic Reading in Two Contrasting English as a Medium of Instruction Contexts at a University Level

Preparing for the Speaking Tasks of the TOEFL iBT® Test: An Investigation of the Journeys of Chinese Test Takers

Investigates the experiences of over 1,500 Chinese test takers and 23 teachers who were preparing for the TOEFL iBT speaking tasks.

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Preparing for the Speaking Tasks of the TOEFL iBT® Test: An Investigation of the Journeys of Chinese Test Takers

The Effects of Different Levels of Performance Feedback on TOEFL iBT® Reading Practice Test Performance

Examines whether performance on the TOEFL iBT® Reading practice test is affected by 3 different levels of feedback provided to learners upon completion of reading exercises.

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The Effects of Different Levels of Performance Feedback on TOEFL iBT® Reading Practice Test Performance