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The Globe and Mail reports today that Duolingo lobbied IRCC to have the Duolingo English Test accepted for immigration applications, but that the firm “was ultimately unsuccessful in its attempts.” According to the report, back in 2025 Duolingo attempted to get its test accepted for the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), which granted permanent residency […]

There is a nice article by Jieun Kim in TESOL Quarterly which explores how the language spoken by remote proctors (of English tests) impacts test takers.  Researchers created a remotely proctored test using reading and listening questions from the IELTS test and administered it 66 times either with an English-speaking proctor or a proctor who […]

The IELTS partners have published a description of the upcoming “Writing on Paper” delivery method.  I’ll link to it in the comments, but in the meantime here are a few facts: Writing on Paper will be available for both IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training tests. Writing on Paper will not be available for IELTS […]

I wrote about Prometric’s CAEL test yesterday morning.  A few hours later it was pointed out that Prometric is currently seeking to hire an academic relations manager for the CELPIP test.  The successful applicant will “develop and deliver a test recognition program for the CELPIP across higher education institutions in Canada and internationally and work […]

The British Council has announced that the paper-based IELTS will come to an end in China on September 1 of this year.  After that date, only the computer-based IELTS will be offered. IELTS for UKVI will go entirely computer-based in that country even earlier.  That switchover will happen on July 1. The termination of paper-based […]