Benchmarking English standards across professions and professional university degrees

The project internationally benchmarks and examines the scoring and equating practices across different language tests (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, C1A, OET, and DET) for the purposes of professional registration and entry into university study leading to professional registration.

The study focuses on six linguistically demanding professional areas: education, law, medicine, nursing, psychology, and social work, in the six English-medium countries of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

Through the collection of minimum English proficiency scores and score equivalence practices on the most used international language tests, it can be observed how stakeholders apply these tests and, through their equation score, how they perceive tests to be related. The data also compares the acceptable minimum standards of test-developers, professional organisations, and university degrees in professional areas.