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Table 1 Commercially available private tests of four skills

From: Can the National Center Test in Japan be replaced by commercially available private English tests of four skills? In the case of TOEFL Junior Comprehensive

Official names

Common names

Organizations

Business Language Testing Service

BULATS

Eiken Foundation of Japan (n.d.-a)

Cambridge English exams

Cambridge English

Cambridge English Language Assessment (2017)

Eiken Test in Practical English Proficiency

Eiken

Eiken Foundation of Japan (n.d.-b)

Global Test of English Communication

GTEC

Benesse (1997–2017a)

Global Test of English Communication Academic

GTEC Academic

Benesse (n.d.-a)

Global Test of English Communication Computer Based Testing

GTEC CBT

Benesse (2000-2017)

Global Test of English Communication Corporate Test Edition

GTEC CTE

Benesse (1997–2017b)

Global Test of English Communication Junior

GTEC Junior

Benesse (n.d.-b)

International English Language Testing System

IELTS

British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, and Cambridge English Language Assessment (2017)

Pearson Test of English Academic

PTE Academic

Pearson (2014)

Progress

Progress

Pearson (n.d.)

Test of English for Academic Purposes

TEAP

Eiken Foundation of Japan (n.d.-c)

Test of English for Academic Purposes Computer Based Testing

TEAP CBT

Eiken Foundation of Japan (n.d.-d)

Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Testing

TOEFL iBT

Educational Testing Service (2017a)

Test of English as a Foreign Language Junior Comprehensive

TOEFL Junior Comprehensive

Educational Testing Service (2017b)a

Test of English for International Communication

TOEIC (LR & SW)

Educational Testing Service (2017c)

United Nations Associations Test of English

Kokuren Eiken

United Nations Associations of Japan (n.d.)

  1. Note. In alphabetical order. No intention to be an exhaustive list
  2. aTOEFL Junior Comprehensive has already been excluded from this page