托福动态：英国签证不接受托福托业

托福考试又有新动态了，4月17日ETS发声明，美国教育考试服务中心(ETS)决定不再与英国内政部续签安全英语语言测试(SELT)许可。也就是说，托业和托福考试成绩将不可用以申请英国签证。更多托福考试资讯，请关注新通外语托福频道。

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“继英国广播公司(BBC)《广角镜》栏目于2014年2月揭露意在规避英国签证审批流程的有组织犯罪行为后，美国教育考试服务中心(ETS)决定不再与英国内政部续签安全英语语言测试(SELT)许可。因此，托业和托福考试成绩将不可用以申请英国签证。

我们感谢英国内政部对于托福考试的认可。托福考试和托业考试在英国共用一个安全英语语言测试(SELT)许可，英国广播公司《广角镜》栏目发现的造假行为仅限于托业考试，托福考试的考场安全措施毋庸置疑。托福考试仍然是全球最广为接受的学术英语水平测试，并已获得全球130多个国家和地区的9000多所院校认可。”

考试安全始终是我们的首要任务，很遗憾，就BBC报道事件后，我们不得不做出这个决定。此次事件违背了ETS向来秉承的高规格安全标准，我们为本应诚信、公平地管理考试的英国合作伙伴所作出的不诚信行为感到由衷的歉意。我们相信，只要切实贯彻我们的全球考试安全协议，考试造假行为是可以被监测和预防的。接下来，ETS会采取更加严格、世界领先的考场安全措施，包括生物语音识别技术，以确保ETS考试在全球范围内的可信度。

以下为ETS声明原文：

Following the broadcast of a BBC Panorama program in February 2014 which highlighted an organized criminal element seeking to circumvent the U.K.’s visa-granting process, ETS has made the decision not to extend our Secure English-language Testing (SELT) license with the Home Office. As a result, TOEIC® and TOEFL iBT® testing will no longer be offered for U.K. visa-granting purposes.

We appreciate the Home Office's recognition that while the TOEFL and TOEIC tests shared a SELT license, the fraud uncovered by the BBC program was limited to TOEIC testing. Security measures around the TOEFL test were never under question. The TOEFL test remains the most widely respected English-language test in the world recognized by more than 9,000 institutions in more than 130 countries.

Security is and always has been a top priority; however, we’ve made this decision in response to the security challenges portrayed in the BBC program. We acknowledge that we fell short of our own high standards and sincerely regret the dishonest activities of third party contractors in the U.K. whose job it was to administer the TOEIC tests honestly and fairly. When applied properly, our global security protocols prevent and detect incidents of fraud. Going forward we will continue to implement additional, stricter, best-in-class security measures for our tests, including biometric voice analyses, to ensure our test scores remain the most trustworthy in the world.

Students seeking more information on test cancellation and refund policies related to U.K. visa testing should contact TOEFL Services at toefl@ets.

Posted: April 17, 2014

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