The IELTS band score tables below explain the scoring to will help you calculate and understand your score.
How the IELTS Band Scores are Calculated
All IELTS scores are between 0 and 9. You can also get .5 scores as well [for example, 6.5 or 7.5]. You will get a band score for each skill [listening, reading, writing and speaking] and also an overview band score. The overall band score is the average score of all the skills. See the table below as an example.
As explained on the IELTS website, overall test results are calculated to the nearest 0.5 or nearest whole band score. This means if the final score is not a precise 7.5 [as shown in the table above], your score is pushed to the nearest whole score or half score depending which is nearest. Below you can see examples of how this works according to IELTS:
- If your overall score is 6.1, your score will go down to 6. This is the nearest whole band score. In other words, 6.1 is closer to band 6 than to 6.5.
- If your overall score is calculated to be 6.85, your final result will be band 7. This is because 6.85 is closer to band 7 than to band 6.5.
- If your overall score is an average of 6.25, your score will be increased to 6.5. The score 6.25 is actually precisely between band 6 and 6.5, so in this case IELTS will push it up to the nearest score which is 6.5.
- If your overall score is an average of 6.75, your score will be increased to 7. This score again is precisely between 6.5 and band 7. In this case, your score will be rounded up to band 7.
- As you can see above, your score is rounded up or down to the nearest 0.5 or whole score as shown above. You can confirm this information on the official BC IELTS Website: click here.
Band Score Descriptions
The table below gives a description of each band score with information about the level of English required for band scores 5 to 9. Click table to enlarge.
To see all scores from 0-9, click here.
Listening and Reading Band Scores
Your listening and reading scores are calculated by the number of correct answers you have out of the 40 questions in the test. You do not lose points for incorrect answers.
IELTS Listening Scores
IELTS Reading Scores [AC]
IELTS Reading Scores [GT]
IELTS WritingAssessment Criteria
Both writing task 1 and task 2 are assessed using 4 criteria. Please see the table below for details of each marking criteria. Click table to enlarge.
IELTS Writing Task 1: Band Scores 5 to 8 Explained & Tips
IELTS Writing Task 2: Band Scores 5 to 8 Explained & Tips
The band score descriptors below are the official band scores published by IELTS.
- IELTS Writing Task 1 Band Score Descriptors by IELTS
- IELTS Writing Task 2 Band Score Descriptors by IELTS
IELTS Speaking Assessment Criteria
Below are the marking criteria for IELTS speaking. Click table to enlarge.
You should also spend time studying the band scores for each criteria in the speaking descriptors published by IELTS.
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