Understanding your score report helps you plan your next step. Each test reports results differently: IELTS uses bands, PTE uses a points scale and OET uses grades and scores.
These articles explain how overall scores are calculated, how raw marks become bands, what each grade means, how long results take to arrive and how your scores compare with the requirements you need to meet.
How is the IELTS overall band calculated? The average of four sections, rounded to the nearest half band: what .25 and .75 do, with examples to check yours.
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CLB 7 in IELTS General Training means 6.0 in every skill, not overall. What IRCC asks for, the rules that catch applicants out, a plan for your weakest skill.
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IELTS One Skill Retake isn't accepted everywhere: see which visas and regulators in Australia, Canada, the UK and NZ allow it before you book.
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Aiming for CLB 7 in Express Entry? Here is the exact PTE Core score range for listening, reading, speaking and writing, with the official source linked.
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PTE score requirements for Australia changed for tests from 7 August 2025. See the new minimums skill by skill, who can use old results and what to do now.
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