OET RESULTS AND ASSESSMENT TABLE

You will receive a Statement of Results which shows your score for each of the four sub-tests, on a scale from 0 to 500. Each of the four sub-tests is assessed in a specific way.

OET RESULTS AND ASSESSMENT TABLE

• You can see an overview of your latest test scores via your online profile on the OET website, approximately 16 business days after each test day.
• Official copies of Statements of Results can be downloaded from your online profile. You can choose which test administration you wish to download a Statement of Results for and this will list the scores you obtained in that particular test administration.
• The four sub-tests that make up the OET are reported on a scale from 0 to 500 in ten-point increments (e.g. 350, 360, 370 etc).
• The numerical score will be mapped to a separate letter grade for each sub-test ranging from A (highest) to E (lowest). There is no overall grade for OET.
• Boards and councils can access OET results via the OET website.
• Registration authorities are advised to register for secure access to the site to check individual results – access to the online verification system is controlled by CBLA.
• To gain access, managers working for health profession Assessing/Registration Authorities apply for individual staff members to have secure access.

Listening and Reading

Your answer booklets for Listening Part A and for Reading Part A are marked by trained OET Assessors. These answer booklets are assigned to OET Assessors at random to avoid any conflict of interest. Your answer booklets for Reading and Listening Parts B and C are computer scanned and automatically scored.

Listening and Reading Assessors use a detailed marking guide which sets out which answers receive marks and how the marks are counted. Assessors use this guide to decide for each question whether you have provided enough correct information to be given the mark or marks available. Assessors are monitored for accuracy and consistency, and your Part A answers are marked by at least two different assessors.

 

Writing and Speaking
Your performances on the Writing and Speaking sub-tests are each rated by at least two trained Assessors. Audio files and scripts are assigned to Assessors at random to avoid any conflict of interest. Your test-day Interlocutor is not involved in the assessment process.

Writing and Speaking Assessors are monitored for accuracy and consistency, and the scores they award are adjusted to take into account any leniency or severity. If two Assessors award different scores to your performance, your script and/or audio file will be referred to at least one other senior Assessor not previously involved in your assessment.

 

For the Writing sub-test, each Assessor scores your performance according to six criteria:

• Purpose
• Content,
• Conciseness & Clarity
• Genre & Style,
• Organization & Layout
• Language

 

The six criteria are assessed on a scale from 0 to 6 and are equally weighted. A score of 350 (previously grade B) for Writing requires a high level of performance on all six criteria.

For the Speaking sub-test, each Assessor scores your performance according to nine criteria. The four linguistically-oriented criteria are

• Intelligibility,
• Fluency,
• Appropriateness of Language, and
• Resources of Grammar and

They are assessed on a scale from 0 to 6.

Clinical communication criteria include;

• Indicators of Relationship Building,
• Indicators of Understanding & Incorporating the Patient’s Perspective,
• Indicators of Providing Structure,
• Indicators for Information Gathering
• Indicators for Information Giving.

They are assessed on a scale from 0 to 3. A high level of performance on all nine criteria is required in order to achieve a score of 350 (previously grade B) on the speaking test.