Students and the universities around the world to which they apply for admission will receive TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores much more quickly,ETS officials announced.
The time taken to report TOEFL scores on the web has been reduced from three weeks to two weeks,and printed score reports will also arrive faster. The improved turnaround time is part of ETSs ongoing efforts to improve the experience of test takers and score recipients.
Test takers requested faster score reporting and thats what we gave them, explains Teresa Sanchez-Lazer,Executive Director of Global Product Management at ETS. We introduced efficiencies and cut one week off of the process. We tried it out earlier this year and it worked very well. We look forward to further improvements in the second phase of the project.
Reporting scores more quickly helps test takers and universities in a very tangible way, says Global Vice President and Chief Operating Officer David Hunt. Scores get to universities sooner and test takers learn of admission decisions much quicker. Its easier and faster for everyone, he added.