Ce n’est pas un examen mais une démarche d’évaluation de compétences (what is she/he able TO DO?). Ceci correspond dans la majorité des cas au besoins des formation in-house afin de vérifier le R.O.I..
Test users frequently ask how IELTS scores «compare» with scores from other examinations (including those produced by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations); they also want to know how IELTS «maps» onto the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) published by the Council of Europe (2001).
Note that the IELTS band scores referred to are the overall band scores, not the individual module band scores