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TOEFL iBT® Technical Manual
Venessa Manna, Shuhong Li, Spiros Papageorgiou, Lixiong Gu
The TOEFL iBT Technical Manual describes the test's purpose, design, and scoring procedures, and outlines a research agenda to support score interpretation and use. Updated for changes starting January 2026, it serves as a living document that will evolve with future evidence of reliability, validity, and fairness.
Original abstract
This technical manual describes the purpose and intended uses of the TOEFL iBT test, its target test-taker population, and relevant language use domains. The test design and scoring procedures are presented first, followed by a research agenda intended to support the interpretation and use of test scores. Given the updates to the test starting January 2026, this technical manual is intended to serve as an overview and rationale for the test design as well as a reference point for informing investigations of validity evidence to support the intended test uses over time. Designed as a living document, this manual will be updated as the test's design, administration, scoring, and evidence of measurement quality (including reliability, validity, and fairness) evolve, along with its intended uses. Suggested citation: Manna, V. F., Li, S., Papageorgiou, S., & Gu, L. (2025). TOEFL iBT® technical manual (TOEFL Research Report No. RR-106). ETS. https://doi.org/10.64634/eje8f497