The publication date of the new Official Guide to the TOEFL has been pushed back to August (per its Amazon listing). The price of the temporary "pocket edition" of the guide has increased by $6.

Research report - Comparing New TOEFL 2026 with Former TOEFL 2023 and… A validity-based comparison of TOEFL iBT 2026, TOEFL 2023 and IELTS Academic, highlighting construct shifts and score interpretation risks.

Here's a research report from IELTS that really goes to town on the new TOEFL.

ielts.org/researchers/...

Exclusive | Testing Giant Shops GRE and Toefl Exams for Around $500 Million The testing industry has faced pressure since the pandemic, when many universities made exams optional.

ETS is shopping around the TOEFL and GRE tests.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

NABP Issues TOEFL Taskforce Results (Finally), Test Resources The results of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy task force on TOEFL are now available.

An NABP task force has recommended the acceptance of OET scores in addition to TOEFL scores.

www.toeflresources.com/blog/nabp-is...

There is also a "pocket edition" of the Official Guide to the TOEFL available now.

TOEFL ordered to pay Rs 76,900 by Hyderabad consumer panel over ID issue The Hyderabad consumer commission held ETS liable for denying a student entry to the TOEFL Home Edition over unclear ID rules.

According to reports, ETS has been ordered to pay a penalty to a test taker for unclear identification requirements.

www.siasat.com/toefl-ordere...

I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore, but I've been hearing about a lot of big changes from TOEFL speaking score reviews. Plus or minus two points seems common now.

It could be worth asking if score review will even be possible with the new test, which is supposed to be scored wholly by AI.

No Paper Score Reports for Score Users, Test Resources I read on the TOEFL website that come January, score users will no longer be able to get paper score reports from ETS.

Starting in January, score users will no longer get paper TOEFL score reports.

www.toeflresources.com/blog/no-pape...

Pearson Fined by Ofqual, Test Resources Pearson has been fined £2 million by Ofqual for what is being described as “serious breaches in 3 separate cases between 2019 and 2023 which...

Pearson has been fined quite a lot of money by OFQUAL for issues related to cheating on the PTE, and the timeliness of their reporting of these issues to regulators.

www.toeflresources.com/blog/pearson...

Frequently Asked Questions What happened?IELTS identified a technical issue that led to a small proportion of test takers – less than 1% – receiving incorrect results between 24 August 2023 and 4 September 2025. The issue ha...

The official FAQ for the IELTS scoring screwup has been updated. We now know exactly how many tests were affected.

www.ieltsresultsupport.org/hc/en-gb/art...

Lawmakers advance bill to ban entrance tests at English cram schools for preschoolers - The Korea Times A revised bill banning entrance exams for preschoolers at English-language academies passed the National Assembly’s Education Committee on Tuesday,...

www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...

Just when you thought it was all going to blow over, the IELTS marking screwup has hit the right wing press.

It seems like the whole smorgasbord of test prep now offered by ETS consists almost entirely of test-task stuff (specifically practice tests and AI scoring). Perhaps the Study.com packages has something else, but I doubt it.

ETS has gone into overdrive when it comes to making money from test prep. Really amazing the amount of stuff they are selling, reselling and allowing their name to be slapped on.

More on IELTS Administration Failures, Test Resources The IELTS partners have set up a Zendesk page to deal with current events.

The IELTS partners are retroactively adjusting test scores from as far back as 2023.

www.toeflresources.com/blog/more-on...

Company that helped create the SAT to lay off 757 California workers Educational Testing Service, the company behind the GRE and formerly the SAT’s administrator, plans to lay off 757 California workers by December 31.

757 more layoffs at the Educational Testing Service. Just in time for the holiday season.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Says the University of Oxford: "Changes to the TOEFL iBT test are being introduced on 21 January 2026. The University will not accept TOEFL tests taken from that date to meet the English language condition until a review of the revised test has been completed."

City & Guilds sold to ‘secure its future’ Commercial and charitable arms of 150-year-old technical education organisation to split in 'landmark' deal amid qualifications and apprenticeships reforms

City & Guilds has sold its assessment business to PeopleCert.

feweek.co.uk/city-guilds-...

There is now a technical manual for the new TOEFL test.

rr.ets.org/index.php/et...

NABP Task Force to Review Suitability of TOEFL, Test Resources The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has convened a task force to determine whether foreign trained pharmacists should still be required...

The NABP is set to review whether or not foreign trained pharmacists should be required to submit TOEFL scores.

www.toeflresources.com/blog/nabp-ta...

The University of Cambridge (undergraduate) will not accept TOEFL scores from tests taken after December 31, 2025.

Had I been advising the TOEFL team (imagine that) I would have insisted on the publication of research on the validity of the test.

www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/before...

www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/05481...

The 5th request for information re: the HOELT is a shocker. It seems the Home Office is interested in the possibility of the HOELT being primarily an at-home test.

ETS seems to have launched an "Official AI learning platform" for TOEFL prep. It costs $1500 for a year's membership. But weird comments coming out of China, as apparently ETS China denies that they are associated with it. How strange.

www.tuofu120.com

Massive IELTS exam paper leak racket uncovered Dhaka police on Saturday arrested Md Mamun Khan, 37, and his associate Panna Poonam Halder, also known as Keya, 26, in connection with a sophisticated racket that

Widescale cheating on the IELTS in Bangladesh, apparently.

www.daily-sun.com/post/825063

Examining the Relevance of TOEFL Essentials Test Tasks for Migration Purposes Examining the Relevance of TOEFL Essentials Test Tasks for Migration Purposes

ETS funded a three year study to determine the suitability of TOEFL Essentials for migration to Australia. The study was not published.

arts.unimelb.edu.au/language-tes...

If the at-home LSAC isn't secure in China, it isn't secure anywhere. Perhaps they should pull the plug on it in all markets until it can be secured.

Duolingo English Test Affordable and convenient language certification from Duolingo.

At some point in the past three weeks, Duolingo updated its score comparison page to compare DET and TOEFL subscores.

englishtest.duolingo.com/scores

Last week's financial report from IDP Education suggests that this sort of on-shore testing is the only growth area for the IELTS test.