Test scores and can-do reports were
obtained from 7,292 test takers from Japan and 3,626
from Korea. Nearly 5,400 participants completed one form of the inventory, and approximately
5,500 completed the other form.
Table 1 shows the correlations between each TOEIC listening and reading scores and test
takers’ assessments of their ability to perform the can-do tasks, as defined by the sum of
To facilitate the interpretation of test scores from the redesigned TOEIC® (listening and reading)
test as a measure of English language proficiency, we administered a self-assessment inventory
to TOEIC examinees in Japan and Korea that gathered perceptions of their ability to perform a
variety of everyday English language tasks. TOEIC scores related relatively strongly to test-taker
self-reports for both reading and listening tasks. The results were, with few exceptions,
extraordinarily consistent, with examinees at each higher TOEIC score level being more likely to
report that they could successfully accomplish each of the everyday language tasks in English.
The pattern of correlations also showed modest discriminant validity of the listening and reading
components of the redesigned TOEIC, suggesting that both sections contribute to the
measurement of English language skills.