The Listening and Reading Band is calculated by converting the raw score to a band as per the scoring system, whereas Writing and Speaking are marked as per various language parameters.
WRITING:
• The language parameters based on which Writing is scored are Task Achievement (Task-1)/Task Response (Task-2), Coherence and Cohesion, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Lexical Resource.
Each of these is scored out of 9, and then average individual scores for each task are used for the final score.
• The final score is calculated by adding the marks for task 2 twice and task 1 once; the average of three scores is the final band.
• For example, if you scored 6.0 in task 1 and 7.0 in task 2, the overall Writing score of 20/3 would be band 6.5.
LISTENING:
Forty questions are divided so that nine band structure is used for scoring. The public version of the calculator is available, or you may visit the Masterprep website to use the band converter for Listening.
READING:
Forty questions are divided so that nine band structure is used for scoring. The public version of the calculator is available, or you may visit the Masterprep website to use the band converter for Reading.
SPEAKING:
The language parameters based on which Speaking is scored: Fluency and Coherence, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, Lexical Resource and Pronunciation
Each of these is scored out of 9, and then average individual scores are the final.