Jeremy Matula, the company’s lead strategic engagement manager, declined to give specific figures on how many more students took the test in 2020, but said there were “hundreds of thousands of tests administered.” The company saw a 2,000 percent year-over-year increase in test-takers in 2020, according to a company blog post. Test results come two days after someone takes it. The camera is necessary for security while the microphone is used for certain parts of the test, which adapts its questions based on the student’s responses.
Since 2016, the Pittsburgh-based language company has offered its test as an alternative to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).įor $49, students can take the test at any time online as long as they download Duolingo’s app and have an internet connection, a self-facing camera and a microphone. Pitt is among 3,000 universities that accept Duolingo English Test scores for admission into its schools. During the COVID-19 pandemic, international students enrolling at Pitt chose to take Duolingo’s English proficiency test more often than other widely used proficiency tests.
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