In 1979 Educational Testing Services (ETS) created TOEIC upon a request of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).% N8 v/ W) @- r. M) c- o
The requirements for the test were:4 L& V4 o" q+ ?6 z: A+ w
Professional
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Easy to adminster
( {$ ~4 `9 }9 t' c% [9 q; } Easily understandably results2 X4 q9 W: u6 y8 t9 x+ Q
How is the high quality standard of the TOEIC being maintained?
: @# Y: A- e% a+ l5 c $ 2 Million investment early
/ K' D* Z! h4 T# d) y i8 |, ]3 W Each question is tested on a standard population of at least 50.000 candidates
1 T, f, @6 ?6 e# Y- Z; z, b! ~ Statistical analysis of the results
$ w- D5 y1 C$ r" B r$ X) ^ A mathematical tool to measure linguistic competence |
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