In the computer-adaptive Listening and Structure sections, your scores are based on your performance on the questions presented. More credit is given for correctly answering a hard question than for correctly answering an easy question. Therefore, your score on these portions of the test will be dependent on how well you do on the questions presented as well as on the number of questions you are able to answer

Your score from the Structure section will be combined with your essay rating to form a Structure/Writing scaled score. When viewed at the test center, the Structure/Writing score will be shown in a range because your essay will not yet have been read and rated.

Because the content and format of the TOEFL test is different from the paper-based test, scores on the computer-based test are reported on a different scale. These score scales have been designed to distinguish them from those used in the paper-based test. For the computer-based test, you will receive three section scaled scores: Listening (0 to 30), Structure/Writing (0 to 30), Reading (0 to 30), and a total score (0 to 300). The highest possible total score (300) is ten times the highest possible score for each of the test's three section scores (30).

The essay you compose in the Writing section will be independently rated by two qualified readers using the Writing Scoring Guide. Neither reader will know the rating assigned by the other. Your essay will receive the average of the two ratings unless there is a discrepancy of more than one point; in that case, a third reader will independently rate your essay. Your essay will thus receive a final rating of 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, 1.5, or 1.