托福考试成绩的变与不变——对于2017~2020年全球新托福成绩报告的横向研究

TOEFL Scores: What Changed and What Stayed—A Lateral Study of 2017~2020 TOEFL iBT Test and Score Data Summary

本文研究了2017年到2020年之间的《全球托福成绩报告》数据,对于其数据进行了可视化处理,并对于几年间的数据变化进行了适当分析。尤其对于SpeechRater的引入和今年的报告中分数上涨的情况进行了讨论,并对于其未来对于备考的影响做了探究。

This paper studies the data provided by TOEFL iBT Test and Score Data Summary from 2017 to 2020, through visualization;and analyzes its changes during these years. The study also focuses on the effects brought about by the introduction of SpeechRater, discusses the obvious rise in average test score in this year’s report, and explores its potential implications on future test preparation.