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A couple of days ago I wrote that “in 2026, test firms have a really hard time meeting the students where they are… both literally and figuratively.”  That post made me think about a passage in Hawkey and Milanovic’s history of the first 100 years of Cambridge English which describes how Cambridge staff in Warsaw […]

After July 26, 2026 paper TOEFL score reports will no longer be available. For many years paper score reports were mailed to all test takers at no charge. A few months ago free mailing was eliminated and only those willing to pay a $35 fee could get one. But soon paper score reports will no […]

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has published a new report called “International students’ experiences of meeting English language requirements for UK higher education.”  The report encourages us “to ensure that debates about English language requirements do not lose sight of the students who experience them.” This seems like something which should...

One more quick grammar hit before I finish work for the day! Basically, you should not use the phrase “living quality.”  I see this quite often in student essays nowadays.  I mean lines like “Public transportation will improve living quality for people.”  Or maybe “Our living quality has been declining for the past decade.” Inst...

Registration is now possible for the “Writing on Paper” version of the computer-delivered IELTS. I’m seeing early July dates in both Canada and Nepal.