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TOEFL

The Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL) measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to use and understand English as it is spoken, written, and heard in college and university settings.

Nonnative English speakers at the 11th-grade level or above should take the TOEFL test to provide evidence of their English proficiency before beginning academic work. The test content is considered too difficult for students below 11th grade.

REQUIREMENTS

If you will be taking the test within your country of citizenship, only one form of primary ID is needed if your primary ID document contains a photograph and signature. If your primary ID does not contain your signature, you must either sign the document or present an additional ID from the list of secondary identification documents. The secondary ID cannot be expired and must contain a recent, recognizable photograph and your signature.

Acceptable Primary Identification Documents

Passport with photograph and signature
Driver’s license with photograph and signature
State identification with photograph and signature
National identification with photograph and signature
Military identification with photograph and signature.

Acceptable Secondary Identification Documents

If your primary identification is missing either a photograph or a signature, you must present one of the following secondary IDs in addition to your primary ID. Secondary IDs that can be used to meet the photograph and/or signature requirements are

a government-issued identification document that has not expired including but not limited to passport, driver’s license, state identification, national identification, or military identification.
student ID
confirmation of identity letter from your educational institution. The letter must contain your name and date of birth; a recent, recognizable photograph; your signature; the name of your school; and the date issued. It must be typed on the original letterhead of the educational institution you attend(ed), and the signature of the school official and the school seal must overlap your photograph. A letter of identity is valid for only one year after the date issued.

Unacceptable Identification Documents

any expired ID
draft classification card
credit card of any kind
Social Security card
learner’s permit or any temporary identification document
international driver’s license
international student ID
notary-prepared letter or document
employee identification card

APPLICATION STEPS

Register for the Computer-Based Test

Register online
Visit the website at www.toefl.org for online registration.

By phone

You must call at least three business days before the test date, not including the day you call and the test day. Valid credit card required.

Testing Location	Phone
United States, Canada, or U.S. Territories*	1-800-GO-TOEFL (1-800-468-6335), or call the test center directly.
Outside the United States, Canada, or U.S. Territories*	Call your TOEFL CBT Regional Registration Center (RRC)
If you live outside the U.S. and want to test in the United States	1-443-751-4862
TTY	1-800-529-3590

* American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands

When registering by phone, you are given a

registration number, which you should write down because you must bring it to the test center on the test day.
test date
reporting time
test center address.

By mail or fax
If you are testing outside the United States, Canada, or U.S. Territories, you can register by mail or fax by completing the International Test Scheduling Form.
- Mail or fax it to the RRC that services the country where you plan to test at least three weeks prior to your first choice test date.
- You will be assigned a test date, time, and location based on the information you provide. An appointment confirmation number, test date, reporting time, test center location, and instructions about identification documents you must bring to the center will be faxed, mailed, or e-mailed to you.
- If no appointments are available, you will be assigned to a date as close as possible to your choices. If your assigned test date does not meet your needs, contact the RRC within 24 hours of receipt of your appointment confirmation.
- If you do not receive an appointment confirmation at least three business days prior to your first choice test date, contact the RRC to confirm your appointment status.
- If you miss your appointment, you will forfeit your test fee.
By voucher
If you do not have a credit card or you do not want to give your credit card number over the phone
- Complete the CBT Voucher Request Form.
- Mail the form and payment to ETS-CBT, PO Box 371859, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7859, or use the envelope in the Bulletin.
- In two to four weeks, you will receive a voucher.
- Call one of the telephone numbers above and use the 16-digit voucher number to schedule an appointment. Do not call before you receive your voucher.
- If you do not receive your CBT voucher, or if you have lost it, contact TOEFL Services.
Walk-in
Walk-in testing is available on a first-come, first-served basis only in the United States, Canada, or U.S. Territories.

Register for the paper-based test

Register online
Visit the website at www.toefl.org for online registration
Register by mail
- Complete the paper-based registration form from the print version of the Bulletin at the website.
- The registration must be received by the ETS before the registration deadline.
- ETS will mail an admission ticket to you. If you have not received your ticket two weeks before the test date, contact TOEFL Services.

EXAM FEES

Test or Service	Fees as of July 1, 2005
TOEFL® Computer-Based Test (CBT)	US$140 (includes 1 examinee score record and 4 score recipients)
TOEFL Paper-Based Test (PBT)	US$140 (includes 1 examinee score record and 4 score recipients)
Additional Score Report Requests	US$17 (per recipient)
Rescheduling Fee (CBT only)	US$40
Essay/TWE Rescore	US$50
TOEFL Paper Answer Sheet Rescore	US$25
Reinstatement of Canceled Scores (CBT only)	US$20
Fee for Returned Check or Declined Credit Card	US$20

Preferred Forms of Payment

Credit card (required for online registration) — American Express®, Discover®, JCB®, MasterCard®, or VISA® credit cards
CBT voucher
Money order
International money order
Authorization voucher
Bank draft (internationally)
UNESCO coupons (internationally)
Western Union® Quick Paysm—when completing the form, use the following under “Pay To:” Company Name: Educational Testing Service; Company Code: TOEFLPROGRAM NJ; Country: U.S.A.

Payment Policies

All test payments must:

be paid in full
be dated within 90 days of the date of receipt at ETS or the Regional Registration Center (RRC)
have the correct numeric and written dollar amount
have appropriate signature(s).

The following guidelines also apply:

Post-dated checks are not acceptable.
Bank drafts, money orders, checks, and Eurochecks in U.S. dollars must be drawn on a bank in the U.S. and made payable to ETS/TOEFL.
The bank name and its address should be preprinted on the face of the check.
Checks in Canadian dollars must be drawn on a bank in Canada at the prevailing rate of the U.S. dollar plus Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and Quebec Sales Tax (QST) (if applicable).
By sending your check, you are authorizing ETS at its discretion to make a one-time electronic debit from your account for the amount of your check. No additional amount will be added. If you do not have sufficient funds in your account, an additional US$20 service fee will be debited electronically from your account. This process applies to domestic checks only (in U.S. dollars).

EXAM SCHEDULES

Outside the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories (PBT)

Test Date	Mail Registration Deadline ¹	Online Registration Deadline ²	Scores By Phone	Approximate Score Report Mailing ³
August 20, 2005	July 4, 2005	July 18, 2005	September 28, 2005	September 28, 2005
October 15, 2005	August 29, 2005	September 12, 2005	November 23, 2005	November 23, 2005
November 19, 2005	October 3, 2005	October 17, 2005	December 28, 2005	December 28, 2005
January 14, 2006	November 28, 2006	December 12, 2005	22, 2006	February 22, 2006
March 10, 2006	January 23, 2006	February 6, 2006	April 19, 2006	April 19, 2006
May 13, 2006	March 27, 2006	April 10, 2006	June 21, 2006	June 21, 2006

¹ The date when your mailed registration form must be received by the TOEFL registration office in Princeton, N.J., U.S.
² The date when your online registration form must be received by the TOEFL registration office in Princeton, N.J., U.S. Many test centers fill up quickly. Register early to be sure the test center has space for you.
³ Score reports are mailed approximately four weeks after the day of the test. Under no circumstances are score reports mailed any earlier. However, you can obtain your scores by phone on the scores by phone date listed above. *

*Source: www.toefl.org

PASSING THE EXAM

Under the Standards set forth in section 212(a)(5)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (also known as section 343), immigrant health care workers must demonstrate competence in oral and written English as shown by an appropriate score on one or more nationally recognized, commercially available, standardized assessments of English language proficiency. The two testing services approved to provide this testing are the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the English Language Institute(ELI). Foreign-educated nurses applying to the VisaScreen program must take either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Test of Written English (TWE) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE) provided by ETS or the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery(MELAB) provided by ELI. As of October 14, 1998 the following passing scores must be achieved by nurses.

In a letter dated January 23, 2003, to the INS, the HHS and State Department proposed to accept the English language exams offered by the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) and the Test of English in International Communications (TOEIC) to satisfy the VisaScreen requirement. The CGFNS will start accepting the new examinations, both of which have been approved by the HHS, by February 24, 2003.

Test	Passing Score
TOEFL/TWE	540/4.0
TSE	50
TOEIC; must include TWE and TSE	725
IELTS	6.5 overall with a spoken band score of 7.0

From http://www.cgfns.org/ICHP/vsenglish.htm

OTHERS

Admission to the Test Center (PBT)

Report to the test center no later than the time printed on your admission ticket. No one will be admitted after test materials have been distributed.
You must be properly registered to be admitted to the test center. You cannot use a canceled check as proof of registration.
To guarantee space, you should take the test at the center printed on your admission ticket.
Supervisors will not honor requests for schedule changes.
Bring your admission ticket, your signed photo file record with a recent photo, and acceptable photo identification. You must submit a completed photo file record or your scores will not be reported.
The name on your admission ticket must match the name on the identification document(s) you present at the test center. Marriage certificates and divorce decrees will not be accepted to confirm name changes.

General Guidelines

Dress so that you can adapt to any room temperature.
Take 3 or 4 sharpened soft-lead (No. 2 or HB) pencils and a good eraser. Pencils and erasers will not be supplied at the test center. Mechanical pencils are not permitted.
Paper of any kind is not permitted in the testing room.
Friends or relatives who accompany you to the test center are not allowed to wait in the test center or be in contact with you while you take the test. Except for ETS-authorized observers, visitors are not allowed in the testing room white testing is in progress.

Verifying Your ID

You must present valid and acceptable identification documents. Identification verification at the test center may also include

thumb printing
photographing/videotaping
other forms of electronic ID confirmation.

If you refuse to participate, you will not be permitted to test and you will forfeit your test fee.

Personal Items
Personal items other than ID are not allowed in the testing room. Before the test, you will receive instructions from test center staff regarding where you must deposit personal items. You will not have access to your personal items during the test or break. Cell phones, PDAs, Blackberries, and any other electronic devices must be turned off and put away. Cell phones are not permitted on the writing surface.

Test centers assume no responsibility for candidates' personal belongings.

Seating
The test administrator will assign you a seat.

Delayed or Rescheduled Tests
Weather conditions or other circumstances beyond the test administrator or ETS’s control may require a delayed start or the rescheduling of your test. If your test session is canceled or if it is later determined that your scores could not be reported, you can

retest free of charge
receive a full refund of the original test fee
seek reimbursement from ETS for reasonable and documented expenses (for yourself only) associated with traveling to the test center. To request reimbursement, contact TOEFL Services within 30 days of your original test date.
Reimbursement requests must include your

name,
date of birth
mailing address
daytime telephone number
e-mail address
original test date
registration number
a brief description of what occurred at the test center.

All reimbursements are made in U.S. dollars.

Timing

You may pace yourself with your own watch, but the supervisor is the official timekeeper.
Watch alarms and clocks on cell phones are not permitted.
You will not be permitted to continue the test or any part of it beyond the established time limit.

Test Books and Answer Sheets

You may not mark or underline words in the test book.
You may not make notes in the test book or on the answer sheet
At the conclusion of the test, you will be required to return your test book and answer sheet to the test administrator. These materials are the property of ETS.

Taking a Break, Leaving Your Seat, and Having a Problem

There is no scheduled break during the TOEFL/TWE test.
You must have the test administrator’s permission to leave the room during the test. Any lost time cannot be made up. If you must leave the testing room, you are required to show the administrator your identification document(s) before you leave the room.
If you need the administrator for any reason during the test, raise your hand.
You may not have access to your cell phone during the test.

Getting Your Scores

ETS will send an examinee score record to you and official score reports to institutions indicated on your answer sheet approximately five weeks after you take the test.
If you have not received your score record seven weeks after the test date, contact TOEFL Services.

Source: www.toefl.org

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