I agree with lecture so very much....It is all about money...IELTS, which charges just under USD200, on a good month, surpasses the 1,000,000 mark...
It is all a scam...and my poor students, and millions more around the world, get caught into this scam.
Why should the student who excels in dance or art or architecture be forced to pass an academically challenging English test, when they will never use 90% of the vocabulary on the test in their pursuit of a degree?