In 1979 Educational Testing Services (ETS) created TOEIC upon a request of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). 9 c- E1 x6 o3 [9 a3 ^
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The requirements for the test were: : }* M- j8 V) d. J
• Professional ( u9 ]. a0 A3 g/ d1 a% a/ N7 T% i
' q8 a+ Z6 ]1 M) _/ ^- R • Reliable 2 _; U1 c; m) _( ~! J- I6 @ B V2 E X _ Y2 A+ V& X • Available ; K1 |: {( ~* C" Q F1 @2 | $ ?0 ^1 Y, S9 J# o • Reasonably priced 7 F5 C3 R0 ?8 S. N0 m! ]' E" K8 h ! F4 r! p+ }% l+ d
• Easy to adminster 9 _( d2 i; s& ?( g/ \* \* q# C4 t
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• Easily understandably results / K) T$ Y$ U! W: \
8 [4 @) k) o' lHow is the high quality standard of the TOEIC being maintained? 2 f! [& C1 v% b% ~; m2 I4 T; C
• $ 2 Million investment early ) T: X, [7 X( O! M. p+ B
+ V9 N: {' Z0 m" w2 j% b- ` • Each question is tested on a standard population of at least 50.000 candidates $ B; \" {2 l1 ~2 B0 P9 G
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• Statistical analysis of the results * a5 ?; ~! W" h% H. f$ A
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• A mathematical tool to measure linguistic competence
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