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Duolingo English Test[]

Duolingo English Test

The Duolingo English Test is a modern English proficiency assessment for today’s international students and institutions. The test is available online, on demand. You don’t have to make an appointment or travel to a test center—you can take the test from your home via a computer and webcam.[1]

The test is administered using computer adaptive technology, meaning that the question difficulty adapts to each test taker. The test also integrates a video interview and writing sample, which are sent to an institution along with the test taker's proficiency score. The entire test experience takes just under an hour and the test results are certified within 48 hours. Test results can be shared with an unlimited number of institutions.[1]

Institutions[]

The English proficiency test is accepted by over 3000 institutions worldwide.[2]

Some of the educational institutions that accept the Duolingo English Test:

  • Johns Hopkins University[2]
  • Yale[2]
  • University of Washington[2]
  • Duke[2]
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[2]
  • Georgia Institute of Technology[2]
  • Bowdoin[2]
  • McGill University[2]
  • Harvard Extension School [3][4]
  • Columbia University[2]
  • Goethe Institute[2]
  • Carnegie Mellon University[2]
  • Ashton college [5][2]

Other institutions and companies:

History[]

When Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn decided to apply to American universities, he was unable to schedule an English test in his home country of Guatemala. So his family spent more than $1,200 to fly him to El Salvador to take one.[9]

The Duolingo English Test was created with the goal to make language certification as secure, accessible, and affordable as possible.[10]

Effectiveness[]

The Duolingo English Test is supported by the latest research in language assessment, psychometrics, AI, and machine learning.[11]

Security[]

To deter cheating students, audio and video are recorded on the user's device during testing and reviewed by a human financial fraud proctor[12]. A nonrefundable fee is charged in a part to cover the cost of this proctor. These proctors attempt to determine whether users are cheating and classify "infringements" into two categories, major and minor. A major infringement prevents one from doing a test for 24 hours while 5 minor infringements mean that the test is invalidated.[13]

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