IELTS is assessed on a nine-band scale and reports scores both overall and by individual skill. Overall Band Scores for Academic and General Training candidates in 2008 are reported here together with scores for the individual skills.
General Training candidates achieved higher scores in Speaking and Listening relative to their performance in Writing and Reading. On average, mean scores for Academic candidates showed less variation across the skills, but the Writing module was the most challenging.
Around three-fourths of candidates (75.4%) took the Academic Reading and Writing modules with nearly a fourth (24.6%) taking the General Training Reading and Writing modules. Both Academic and General Training candidates take the same Listening and Speaking modules.
Mean band scores for female candidates
| |
Listening 听力 |
Reading 阅读 |
Writing 写作 |
Speaking 口语 |
Overall 总分 |
2007Overall 07年的总分 |
| Academic（A类学术类） |
6.01 |
5.92 |
5.53 |
5.87 |
5.89 |
5.94 |
| General Training（G类移民类） |
6.20 |
5.80 |
5.90 |
6.28 |
6.11 |
5.89 |
| |
Listening 听力 |
Reading 阅读 |
Writing 写作 |
Speaking 口语 |
Overall 总分 |
2007Overall 07年的总分 |
| Academic（A类学术类） |
5.83 |
5.69 |
5.37 |
5.69 |
5.71 |
5.74 |
| General Training（G类移民类） |
6.05 |
5.66 |
5.73 |
6.17 |
5.97 |
5.82 |
评论：
08年全球超过四分之三（75.4%）的考生参加的是A类学术类雅思考试，约四分之一（24.6%）的考生参加的是G类移民类雅思考试。
08年的全球雅思考生平均分与07年成绩比较，不论是男生还是女生的成绩，都呈现出A类成绩略微下滑，G类成绩较明显上升的特点。
