Everything you need to know about the new PTE Score Report and Skills Profile

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When it comes to PTE Academic test preparation, it’s important that teachers know everything about the test-taking process so you can guide your learners each step of the way. From the type of questions and exam timings, to how the test is scored, both you and your students need to stay up to date with changes. That way, you can make sure there are no surprises on exam day and test takers can understand and even learn from their PTE results.  

After sitting PTE, each test taker receives a Score Report, typically within 48 hours. In November, the format of the Score Report changed to make the scoring clearer for everyone.  

Let's take a look at what students can now expect after sitting PTE Academic.  

How has the PTE Score Report changed?  

When a test taker completes their PTE Academic test, they receive a Score Report and now, a new Skills Profile, which are both available on myPTE. The report and profile tell students their test score and language skill level and show them where they can make improvements.  

Here are some changes that have been made: 

1. No more enabling skills  

The PTE Academic Score Report offers test takers an overview of how well they performed during their test. It consists of an overall score of between 10 and 90, which grades their English ability against the Global Scale of English (GSE). They will also see individual scores for the four communicative skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. These scores are based on their responses to all the exam tasks.  

Test takers can share their score report with an unlimited number of institutions by providing their Score Report Code or assigning results directly via MyPTE. 

Before November 2021, the Score Report also showed an Enabling Skills section. This has been replaced by a new personalized Skills Profile which uses the candidates’ test performance to provide specific feedback. The aim of this is to help guide test takers’ future English language learning. It can also be useful for teachers, especially if test takers don’t reach their required score the first time around and are looking to retake the test.  

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2. Online Skills Profile 

The new Skills Profile will only be visible to the test taker. Importantly, it won’t be shared with institutions they are applying to. It is there for the test taker and their teacher to find out which specific language skills can be improved.  

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So how does it work? In the new profile, you’ll see the candidate’s performance across eight language skill categories:  

  • Open Response Speaking and Writing  

  • Reproducing Spoken and Written Language  

  • Extended Writing  

  • Short Writing  

  • Extended Speaking

  • Short Speaking

  • Multiple-skills Comprehension

  • Single-skill Comprehension 

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The blue performance bars on the right give an indication of how well the test taker did in each area. The symbols in the middle show the language category (or categories) where each skill belongs to (listening, reading, speaking, or writing). This can help with PTE preparation as you can clearly and easily see which areas your students need to focus on if they want to get a higher score in the future.  

For example, if they have a lower score in the Short Speaking section, you can prepare a class around this language skill to help students improve.  

Download 20 free lesson plans - one for each PTE task type. 

3. Personalized recommendations  

The Skills Profile also offers personalized recommendations to help strengthen the test takers’ English skills in each category. Simply click on a language category and there will be a drop-down list. It offers a description of the skill area and recommendations based on the GSE learning objective for test-related skills. These recommendations provide useful ways of practicing and improving specific language skills.  

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With these personalized recommendations, you’ll be able to further tailor your PTE preparation classes to suit learners’ needs and help them succeed.  

Further reading

As well as the Skills Reports and Skills Profile, there are plenty of resources available to help you prepare test takers for their big day. You can take a variety of short courses to help you teach PTE, and find lots of inspiration and advice on our blog.  

Read the PTE guide to scoring to learn more about how the test is scored. 

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