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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages / European Framework of Reference
When you take an English exam, you get a score. Often, you'll also get some indication of what that score means, expressed as an English level or label, for example "beginner" or "advanced" or A2 and B1. There are many different English tier systems in use around the world, and an even wider variety of English tests, which have implicit or explicit tier systems built into their scoring.
Levels B1 (central exam) and A2 (institutional exam) are minimum levels, students are allowed to take the higher level exams if they pass the have achieved minimum levels with a 10 for the Institutional Examinations and a 9 or higher for the Central exams. In addition, they need permission from the relevant lecturer and from the Board of Examiners. • The result of the central exam and institutional exam together the average final grade; • Both count for 50% of the final result; • The central exam is about reading and listening skills; • The institutional exam is about the skills writing, speaking and to have conversations; • The results list states the frame of reference levels, the grade of the central examination, the mark of the institutional examination and the final mark; • The final mark for English must be at least a 5 as for the others components (Dutch language, and in the future math) is at least a 6 achieved.
For MBO institutions this means: • that they determine in terms of policy whether the higher reference levels are offered become; • that the student chooses, in consultation with the institution, at which levels exam takes:
All exam grades together form an average grade for English. In the The overview below shows how heavy each exam counts.