Categories of test method facets

TOEFL iBT reading test

IELTS reading test

1. FACETS OF TEST RUBRIC

1.1. Test organization

Salience of parts

Three or four passages

Three passages

Sequence of parts

One following another

One following another

Relative importance of parts

45 points in total -Examinees can gain one point for each correct answer to general multiple choices -Two or three points are given when all the answers to special multiple choices are right 41 or 42 questions in total -Each passage has 12 - 14 questions If one extra reading passage is added, three out of four reading passages will randomly be chosen to be marked

40 points in total -Examinees can gain one point for each correct

40 questions in total -Passage one and two: each has 13 questions -Passage three: has 14 questions answer