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 |
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.

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 |