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About TOEFL Junior® Test

About TOEFL Junior Test

The TOEFL Junior® Tests measures the degree to which middle-school students have attained proficiency in the academic and social English-language skills representative of English-medium instructional environments.

Usually these students are ages 11-15. However, the test may be appropriate for other students. It is a general English-language proficiency test not based on or limited to any specific curriculum. The appropriateness is based on the English-language proficiency of the students.

Make an Early Impact that Lasts a Lifetime

The TOEFL Junior® tests, intended for students ages 11+, provide real insight into your students' English communication skills to help you make the best decisions and guide them on a path to success.

To better meet the expectations of English-language programs worldwide, the TOEFL Junior tests measure a range of skills:

  • TOEFL Junior® Standard test — paper-based test, the test that measures Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, and Language Form and Meaning.
  • TOEFL Junior® Speaking test — a digitally delivered test that measures students' ability to communicate orally in English in an academic classroom.
  • TOEFL Junior® Writing test — digitally delivered test that measures students' writing ability in English in an academic classroom through communicative tasks.

Both the TOEFL Junior Standard and Speaking tests are available on the following digital platforms: Windows® PC, Mac® , iPad® and Chromebook.

TOEFL Junior® Writing Test Design

The TOEFL Junior® Writing Test is a digitally administered test consisting of 5 tasks, the table below summarizes the structure and timing of the test:

Sections Writing
Format 40 mins, digitally administered
Questions 5 tasks prompt
Scoring Total scores range from 0 to 16

With the TOEFL Junior® Writing Test, students can:

  • Identify correct grammatical and/or mechanics forms in a written academic text
  • Use Written language effectively to communicate social/interpersonal information
  • Produce effective paragraphs in a range of genres across academic subjects

TOEFL Junior® Writing Tasks

Tasks Evaluation
Edit Enabling skills (grammatical and mechanical) that underlie communicative writing skills
E-mail Use of everyday language, syntax, and vocabulary
Opinion Ability to express and provide support for an opinion
Listen-Write Ability to understand an academic talk and provide the main points and important details

TOEFL Junior® Score Report features

  • Include section and total scores as well as "can-do" statements that can use to help students, parents and instructors understand students' proficiency levels and progress.
  • Scores are mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels.
  • A Lexile measure to help find books at the task taker's English reading level.
The sample and description of TOEFL Junior® Score Report

TOEFL Junior® Writing Test Scores

Score Range Performance Descriptors CEFR Level
13–16 produce simple and complex answers that are clear, accurate, complete, and able to convey main ideas and opinions with substantial detail B2
10–12 produce answers that are mostly clear, and able to convey main ideas and opinions with appropriate details, with occasional grammatical errors B1
6–9 produce basic, simple answers and able to convey some ideas and opinions with insufficient details, with some grammatical errors A2
1-5 produce basic answers and able to convey some information and opinions with little to no details, with numerous grammatical errors Below A2