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TOEFL exam to go online
www.chinanews.cn 2005-11-15 14:30:42
(Source: China Daily)
BEIJING, Nov. 15 - Chinese students will have a more reliable, convenient
and secure way to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL
iBT) exam through the Internet starting next May.
The Internet-based version of TOEFL iBT will replace the existing written
test that was introduced to China 25 years ago.
Senior officials from the US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) also
revealed yesterday in Beijing that the Internet-based Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) will be delivered worldwide starting next October.
"The technology used in iBT permits test items to be delivered over the
Internet simultaneously in all time zones, thus increasing our already
high test security," said Paul Ramsey, senior vice-president in charge of
ETS's global business while attending an agreement signing ceremony with
China's National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA).
"It also ensures unbiased testing by recording responses electronically
and sending them to a network of ETS human raters who objectively score
the responses for maximum reliability."
NEEA, which already helps ETS administer the TOEFL and GRE tests in
China, agreed to work together with its US partner to deliver the
Internet-based educational assessments on the Chinese mainland over the
next seven years.
It will not be responsible for delivering the tests in Taiwan, Hong Kong
and Macao.
But TOEFL iBT, which was already launched in North America and part of
Europe in September, is widely believed to be more challenging for
Chinese students because a new speaking section is added.
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