EF Education First recently announced the release of the free EF Standard English Test (EFSET), the world's first free standardised English test, which will have a significant impact on an estimated two billion English language learners around the world, who can now accurately measure their English proficiency at no cost.
Millions of people around the world are required to show proof of their English skills for career, university and personal advancement and the EFSET allows learners free access to a high-quality standardised English test available online at all times.
The EFSET will also be valuable to schools, companies, and governments, where large-scale testing was previously cost prohibitive. In the coming years, EF will work with institutions that want to adopt the EFSET as a formal English certification test, thereby helping millions of students and employees.
Yerrie Kim, Executive Director, EF Learning Labs, the research and innovation arm of EF Education First commented, "The EFSET challenges long-accepted assumptions about standardised testing and certification exams. It shifts power from the test maker to the test taker by allowing the test taker to decide when, where, and why to assess their English skills. We believe that accurate English tests do not have to be burdensome or inconvenient."
EF Learning Labs developed the EFSET in partnership with the world's top experts in language assessment, large-scale testing, and psychometrics, all of whom have extensive experience building prominent certification exams.
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