IELTS SCORING

IELTS Scoring

Listening
Band Score Raw score out of 40
5 16
6 23
7 30
8 35

Reading (Academic)
Band Score Raw score out of 40
5 15
6 23
7 30
8 35

Reading (General)
Band Score Raw score out of 40
4 15
5 23
6 30
7 34


Writing
• Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2)
• Coherence and Cohesion
• Lexical Resource
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The four criteria are equally weighted.



Speaking
• Fluency and Coherence
• Lexical Resource
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy
• Pronunciation
The four criteria are equally weighted.