{"id":3843,"date":"2016-08-23T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:42:58","slug":"toefl-tuesday-partial-grading-2-point-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/toefl-tuesday-partial-grading-2-point-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"TOEFL Tuesday: Partial grading for 2-point questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you ever wondered how points are awarded for TOEFL questions that have more than one correct answer? If you have, you\u2019ve come to the right place! In this TOEFL Tuesday video, I explain how partial credit works for 2 point TOEFL questions. There are also TOEFL questions that are worth 3 points, and even some that are worth 4! We\u2019ll talk about those as well in the video. However, know that the 2 point questions are the ones the show up most often on the test. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"TOEFL Tuesday: Partial grading for 2-point questions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bsUkBeMxU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Final Reading Question<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last question on each reading passage is always worth more than one point. You\u2019ll see either 3 or 4 reading passages on the TOEFL, so you\u2019ll get 3 or 4 reading questions that are worth more than just one point. The final reading question is usually worth 2 points, but could also be worth 3 points or 4. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Know that you might also get a Listening question that is worth more than one point. These questions are graded the same way the reading questions are (which we\u2019ll explain below). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>A Note About Points<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we\u2019re talking about questions that are worth two points, we\u2019re not talking about points on the 0 &#8211; 30 scale. This is the scaled score that you get for each section of the TOEFL. This score is calculated using what\u2019s called a \u201craw score,\u201d which is comes from the actual number of points you get on each question. So if you get 2 points for one question, those 2 points count directly towards your raw score (not your scaled score). If you\u2019d like to learn more about how the raw score and the scaled score work, you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/what-is-a-good-toefl-score\/\">read about that in this blog post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How Partial Grading Works<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a question is worth more than one point, your score for that question decreases from the maximum by one point for each right answer that you miss. Questions that are worth two points will have three correct answers. So if you choose all three correct answers, you\u2019ll get two points. If you choose two\u00a0correct answers, you\u2019ll get one point. And if you choose one correct answer (or none), you won\u2019t get any points for that question. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s talk about\u00a0another example: imagine that you get a question that\u2019s worth 4 points. These questions have 7 correct answers! 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