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MET · Michigan English Test

Scores and results

Each section receives a scaled score from 0 to 80 and a CEFR level. There is no passing score: whoever receives the result sets the target.

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How the score is formed

The objective sections count correct answers; Writing and Speaking are scored by criteria. Everything ends up as a scaled score from 0 to 80 per section.

No penalty

Each correct answer in Listening and Reading and Grammar adds to the section score, and a wrong answer does not cost points.

0 to 80

The scaled score for each section, which keeps the same standard across different tests and years.

0 to 4

Per criterion in Writing and Speaking, assigned by certified raters.

Section and overall

The CEFR level appears for each section and also for the overall score, which is the average of the sections.

A candidate may be at one level in Listening and another in Writing. That is why the scores for all sections should be read together.

From scaled score to CEFR level

The cutoffs are the same in all four sections.

below A2

A2

B1

B2

C1

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Scaled score	CEFR level
64 to 80	C1
53 to 63	B2
40 to 52	B1
27 to 39	A2
0 to 26	below A2

How Writing and Speaking are scored

Each criterion is judged on the same scale, from 0 to 4, and together the criteria produce the section's scaled score from 0 to 80.

Writing

Criterion	What is assessed
Grammatical Accuracy	How many errors appear and how much they interfere with meaning.
Vocabulary	Whether the words are appropriate and how varied the vocabulary is.
Mechanics	Punctuation, spelling, and sentence boundaries.
Cohesion and Organization	Whether ideas are in sequence and well connected.
Task Completion	Whether the response completes the entire task, with enough detail and without going off topic.

Speaking

Criterion	What is assessed
Task Completion	Whether the response is relevant, includes enough speech, and provides supporting details.
Language Resources	Appropriate vocabulary and accurate, varied grammar.
Intelligibility / Delivery	Fluency, hesitation, pronunciation, and rhythm.

Prepare for the MET in its digital format.

Adaptive practice by skill, section tests, and a mock test with all four sections in the same session, with Speaking recorded on the computer.

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