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TOEFL iBT · 2026 format

Scores and results

Each section gets a score from 1 to 6, in half-point steps. The overall score is the average of the four, and for two years the score report also shows a comparable score from 0 to 120.

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Sample values
4

Average 4.125. Rounded to the nearest half point.

How the overall score is calculated

Each section runs from 1 to 6, in half-point steps. The overall score is the average of the four sections, rounded to the nearest half point.

1 to 6

Score for each section and for the whole test, in steps of 0.5.

Average

The overall score is the average of the four sections.

Half point

The average is rounded to the nearest half point.

0 to 120

A comparable score reported alongside it for two years, during the transition.

The comparable 0 to 120 score exists for institutions that still use the old scale. The official score is the one from 1 to 6.

The scale and CEFR levels

The 1 to 6 scale was designed to line up with CEFR levels. Each level covers one whole point and the half point above it. Only a 6 corresponds to C2.

A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
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ScoreCEFR level
6C2
5 to 5.5C1
4 to 4.5B2
3 to 3.5B1
2 to 2.5A2
1 to 1.5A1

How Writing and Speaking are scored

In Build a Sentence each sentence is either right or wrong. In the other tasks, each response gets a single holistic score, based on the rubric for its task type.

Writing

TaskWhat is assessed
Build a SentenceWhether the sentence you built is correct.
Write an EmailWhether the email handles the situation, with suitable organization and tone.
Write for an Academic DiscussionWhether the contribution is relevant, well developed and clear.

Speaking

TaskWhat is assessed
Listen and RepeatWhether the repetition is accurate and easy to understand.
Take an InterviewWhether the answers are clear, well developed and suited to the questions.

Train for the TOEFL iBT in the 2026 format.

Practice on all twelve current tasks, section tests and a mock test covering all four sections, never mixed with the old format.