Publisher's Synopsis
Progress accurately measures student progress in English, highlighting strengths and weaknesses to inform teaching. It is an online test package that can be used with adult and young adult courses. Scored on the Global Scale of English and empirically aligned to the CEFR to accurately measure small amounts of progress within a CEFR band. Each level of Progress contains three 50-minute-long tests to be taken at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the academic year. The first one adapts each task to the level of the student, which makes Progress fully personalised and cheating-resistant. For each of the 3 tests, students receive an overall score, a score for each of the 4 skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and scores for grammar and vocabulary. Progress is scored on the Global Scale of English, a scale from 10 to 90 that measures English language ability. The scale enhances the CEFR by showing a learner's level more precisely within a CEFR band. The Global Scale of English is currently used to score learners on the internationally recognised English Language Test, PTE Academic. The globally recognised standard is used by academic institutions and border agencies for visa requirements. This test covers the scores 45-60.
