Evidence highlights
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50,000+
written responses were scored by humans and automatically by PTE Academic
0.88
Correlation between human score and machine-generated score for writing
400,000+
spoken responses were scored by humans and automatically by PTE Academic
0.96
Correlation between human score and machine-generated score for speaking
Researching PTE AcademicÂ
We assembled evidence from a range of sources to support the validity, reliability, and fairness of PTE Academic in assessing the English communication skills of international students in an academic environment.Â
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The above findings about the close correlations between human raters and PTE Academic’s automated scores are based on a 2019 study involved 10,000+ test-takers and 200 human raters, who rated responses during field testing of the product.Â
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