Grow your students’ potential with the TOEFL Junior® Standard test.
Setting the right foundation for your students’ English-language journey can make all the difference. That’s why it’s important to have well-designed and objective measures that can help you guide them to reach their full potential.
The TOEFL Junior® Standard test, intended for students ages 11+, is an accurate and reliable measure of your students’ communicative skills in English. Based on the rich heritage of the TOEFL® test, the TOEFL Junior Standard test helps you pinpoint your students’ strengths and challenges.
Like all tests in the TOEFL Family of Assessments, the TOEFL Junior Standard test is based on solid research to ensure fairness, validity and reliability, and reflect best practices in language testing.
Discover the ways TOEFL Junior scores can help you
- Determine whether your students have sufficient communicative English skills to succeed in a classroom that uses English for instruction
- Place students in English-language programmes so they are matched with level-appropriate instruction
- Use score reports and performance feedback to tailor English instruction and guide conversations with parents
- Advise students on appropriate book selections based on Lexile® measures, from MetaMetrics®, to improve their English reading proficiency www.lexile.com/toefljunior
- Map student achievement to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for international benchmarking
Conveniently offered in paper-based format, the TOEFL Junior Standard test is easy for any programme to administer. It is a good choice for institutions and programmes looking for flexibility and quick scoring turnaround.
| Section | Number of Items | Scale Scores | Testing Time |
| Listening Comprehension | 42 | 200–300 | 40 min. |
| Language Form and Meaning | 42 | 200–300 | 25 min. |
| Reading Comprehension | 42 | 200–300 | 50 min. |
| Total | 126 | 600–900 | 1 hr. 55 min. |
TOEFL Junior Standard and CEFR Levels*
The table below shows the TOEFL Junior Standard overall score levels, total scale scores, overall performance descriptors and CEFR profiles.
| Overall Score Level | Total Scale Score | TOEFL Junior Standard Overall Performance Descriptors | CEFR Profile |
| 5 Superior | 845–900 | Consistently demonstrates comprehension of complex written and spoken materials, drawing on knowledge of complex language structures and vocabulary. | B2 for all sections. |
| 4 Accomplished | 785–840 | Often demonstrates comprehension of complex written and spoken materials, drawing on knowledge of complex language structures and vocabulary. | B1 for all sections. |
| 3 Expanding | 730–780 | Demonstrates comprehension of some complex written and spoken materials and most basic materials, drawing on knowledge of basic language structures and vocabulary. | Mostly B1 for all sections, but occasionally A2. |
| 2 Progressing | 655–725 | Occasionally demonstrates comprehension of basic written and spoken materials, drawing on knowledge of basic language structures and vocabulary. | Mostly A2 for all sections, but occasionally A1 for Reading and Listening. |
| 1 Emerging | 600–650 | Can comprehend some very basic written and spoken texts, drawing on knowledge of basic language structures and vocabulary, but needs to further develop these language skills and comprehension abilities. | Mostly A1 for Listening and Reading; mostly A2 for Language, Form and Meaning. |
