In 1979 Educational Testing Services (ETS) created TOEIC upon a request of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).- X* ^1 Y" D, U; K' P8 W/ I* F( [ _
The requirements for the test were: / n$ i1 D7 V$ [, n/ b& r ? Professional- h. c. o$ s4 V# U2 I* ]+ B
? Reliable 5 E6 n# G( l) _+ V ? Available8 _; i1 x7 r1 S3 q
? Reasonably priced# t* k9 y4 ?* g# {' V( ?5 ?- X/ c
? Easy to adminster * p9 _. _" M4 t# o ? Easily understandably results! j" w$ b# |$ u" H
How is the high quality standard of the TOEIC being maintained?1 g, i4 J9 H* V6 `3 V3 ]
? $ 2 Million investment early % i$ O+ H" h9 g- W ? Each question is tested on a standard population of at least 50.000 candidates ; z3 _$ D! u4 m2 C. n6 U ? Statistical analysis of the results3 r/ l3 E: q1 v2 t: S7 Y4 S6 \. u' c
? A mathematical tool to measure linguistic competence
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