{"id":2952,"date":"2016-03-09T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T23:28:40","slug":"what-it-means-if-your-toefl-scores-are-under-administrative-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/what-it-means-if-your-toefl-scores-are-under-administrative-review\/","title":{"rendered":"What it Means If Your TOEFL Scores Are Under Administrative Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently a few Magoosh TOEFL students have contacted me with a problem that is uncommon but not unheard of. These students have asked about delays to their score reports due to \u201cadministrative review.\u201d In this post, I\u2019ll answer some frequently asked questions about TOEFL administrative review\u2014what it is, how it effects score reporting, how you can know if your score reports are under administrative review, and what action you need to take.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What is administrative review?<\/h2>\n<p>Administrative review happens when ETS needs to delay issuing a score report. There can be a variety of reasons for the delay.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most common reasons that scores are held up in administrative review is <em>identification<\/em>\u2014problems correctly verifying a test-taker\u2019s ID. This occurs when the name, date of birth, or other personal information on a test registry doesn\u2019t match the personal information on the ID given at the test center.<\/p>\n<p>Another common reason for administrative review is problems with payment of test fees. Sometimes a credit card company or bank can reject or recall a payment, or payment information can contain errors.<\/p>\n<p>A third somewhat common reason relates to accusations of cheating from test center administrators. Fortunately, this is the least common of the top three reasons for administrative review. Because accusations of cheating are made in the test center at test day, you don\u2019t need to worry about this serious-but-rare problem when you get an administrative review notice\u2014if ETS thinks you cheated, they\u2019ll let you know during or immediately after the testing session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to know if your scores are under administrative review<\/h2>\n<p>If your scores are placed under administrative review, ETS will contact you about it. Generally, notifications of this kind of score delay are sent by email; there won\u2019t be a phone call or a physical letter sent by post. This unfortunately means that it\u2019s possible for an administrative review notification to accidentally go into junk email or otherwise fail to reach you.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen a TOEFL \u201cadministrative review\u201d email in your inbox but there\u2019s a noticeable delay in receiving your scores, it\u2019s still possible that your scores may be under administrative review.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What to do if your scores are (or might be) under administrative review<\/h2>\n<p>If you receive an email notice from ETS about administrative review or if you\u2019re unable to view your scores online after 14 days, contact TOEFL customer service as soon as you can.\u00a0 From there, an ETS agent will be able to tell you why your scores have been delayed and what further action you need to take. In some cases, no further action may be needed on your part. Identification problems are often a result of clerical error and can be resolved internally by ETS. And payment issues can sometimes be resolved directly between ETS and your bank, without you needing to do anything else.<\/p>\n<p>But often, calling in can speed up the resolution process. And there are also many instances in which some sort of action <em>is<\/em> required from the test-taker to solve a problem that\u2019s triggered an administrative review.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently a few Magoosh TOEFL students have contacted me with a problem that is uncommon but not unheard of. 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