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Politics.co.uk says this was used to justify thousands of deportations as the Home Office claimed that everyone who had taken the TOEIC test conducted by ETS had committed fraud. The Financial Times reported that it is not clear how many people were deported, but more than 30,000 test scores were considered suspect.

Test Scores
On the TOEFL iBT, the maximum possible score is 120 -- 30 points for each of the four sections. There is no "passing score" and colleges and universities will have their own requirements for admission, which test-takers can find information about through the admissions office. The TOEIC Reading and Listening test gives the test-taker a score of 10 to 990, which corresponds to bands in the Common European Framework measure of English proficiency. A test-taker will receive scores of zero to 200 for the Speaking and Writing Tests separately, again which corresponds to the CEF standards of English-language proficiency measurements.

The ruling was quoted as saying: "Apart from the limited hearsay evidence there was no evidence from the protagonist in this saga, the ETS organisation … The Secretary of State has not discharged the legal burden of establishing that either appellant procured his [English language] certificate by dishonesty."

A Home Office spokesperson told the Financial Times: "We are very disappointed by the decision and are awaiting a copy of the full determination to consider next steps including an appeal. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."

AWS Solicitors, who represented one of the two students in the case, released a press release following the ruling which you can read here on Free Movement. A summary of the judgment is also available here.

Test Content
In the TOEFL, the test-taker is measured on his ability to function in an academic environment. In this regard, the vocabulary on this test is academic in nature and is similar to the vocabulary used in college text books. The topics of the reading and listening passages are similarly academic. You may read a passage on bird migration, for example, or listen to a lecture from an economics course. The TOEIC, on the other hand, measures the test-taker's ability to function in a business environment. Topics may range from dining out in a restaurant to presenting in a budget meeting.

If you have any kind of inquiries relating to where by and tips on how to use LEAP English TOEIC, you can email us from our own website. The Educational Testing Service, ETS, in Princeton, New Jersey, develops and administers both the TOEFL and the TOEIC. It says the TOEIC measures the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment.

Sequencing
It is highly suggested that learners first learn the strategies with very straightforward text-types such as forms and tables and gradually work up to the more difficult text-types categories such as letters and miscellaneous reading passages.

"I say immediately that grounds (ii) – (iv), whether taken individually or collectively, do not justify the draconian step of revocation…. If ground (i) is valid then grounds (ii) – (iv) are unnecessary surplusage. If ground (i) is not valid then grounds (ii) to (iv) would not justify, on any view of the evidence, the sanction of revocation. That would be a grossly disproportionate response."

Use authentic texts to learn and practice the reading strategies.
Use TOEIC preparatory texts to practice the reading strategies under test conditions.
Think about the text-type of a given text.
Think about where a given text is used (social and situational contexts).
Think about the purpose of a given text.
Think about the main point(s) of a given text.
Think about the writer and/or source of a given text.
Think about the audience of a given text.
Think about the written expression of a given text.
Units of Work
Forms
Faxes

As part of the investigation announced by the Minister for Immigration and Security on 24 June 2014, the Home Secretary ("SSHD") revoked the sponsor licence of City of London Academy ("CLA") and cited four grounds for doing so:

We are aware that a number of Tier 4 sponsors caught up in the TOEIC fraud investigation have also been accused of breaching their Tier 2 obligations and/or having weak processes in place concerning the rules on academic progression and/or having deficient attendance monitoring processes in place. Whilst it is extremely unlikely that SSHD would agree with Mr Justice Mostyn’s comments that it would be ‘a grossly disproportionate response’ to revoke a licence solely due to grounds (ii) to (iv), these comments may very well instil confidence in any sponsor that has its licence revoked on these grounds and seeks to challenge that decision in the future.

Who Takes the TOEFL vs. the TOEIC
The TOEFL measures the test-taker's ability to function in an English-speaking academic environment. The target test-taker for the TOEFL is a candidate for higher education in an English-speaking country. The TOEIC, on the other hand, measures the ability to function in a general work environment. This test is used in nonacademic settings as a measure of the ability of a current or potential employee to communicate effectively in English in a variety of business settings and situations.