IELTS Band Score calculator

 Here is a breakdown of the actual scores converted to an IELTS Band Score. 

Please bear in mind that the only difference in the scoring system is for the Reading Module between Academic IELTS and General IELTS.

LISTENING SCORES

Band Score	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5
Raw score	39 – 40	37 – 38	35 – 36	32 – 34	30 – 31	26 – 29	23 – 25	18 – 22	16 – 17	13 – 15	10 – 12	8 – 9	6 – 7	4 – 5

READING SCORES (Academic)

Band Score	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.0
Raw score	40	38 – 39	36 – 37	34 – 35	31 – 33	28 – 30	24 – 27	20 – 23	17 – 19	14 – 16	11 – 13	8 – 10	4 – 7	2 – 3

READING SCORES (General)

Band Score	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5
Raw Score	40	39	37-38	36	34-35	32-33	30-31	27-29	23-26	19-22	15-18	12-14	9-11	6-8

The Academic and General Training exams are graded to the same scale. The difference between the two modules is one of genre or discourse type. Academic papers may contain texts from original sources featuring more difficult vocabulary or greater complexity in style. It is usual that, to secure a given band score, a greater number of questions must be answered correctly on a General Training Reading paper.

WRITING SCORES

The writing is marked by an IELTS examiner.  The scores are based on four categories. Each of the categories are scored out of 9 and then divided.

These are for IELTS Writing Task 1:

1. Task Achievement
2. Coherence and Cohesion
3. Lexical Resource (vocabulary)
4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Writing Task 1 band descriptors (PDF, 37KB) *

Follow the link for the detailed public descriptor for your band score requirement.

For IELTS Writing Task 2:

1)      Task Response

2)      Coherence and Cohesion

3)      Lexical Resource (vocabulary)

4)      Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Writing Task 2 band descriptors (PDF, 38KB) *

Follow the link for the detailed public descriptor for your band score requirement.

SPEAKING SCORES

The speaking is marked by an IELTS examiner.  The scores are based on four categories. Each of the categories are scored out of 9 and then divided.

1)      Fluency & Coherence

2)      Lexical Resource (vocabulary)

3)      Grammatical Range & Accuracy

4)      Pronunciation

https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/digitalAssets/114292_IELTS_Speaking_Band_Descriptors.pdf