The Marking System – The Overall Score The candidate is awarded four different scores and the overall score is an average of
these scores. For example:
Fluency and Coherence
5
Lexical Resource
5
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
6
Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking
23
Pronunciation
6
The average of these four scores
5.5
In the IELTS speaking test, scores are rounded up or down to the nearest half-band
(5.0 5.5 6.0 etc.), so in this example the candidate would score an overall 5.5 for speaking.
5.25 = 5 5.5 = 5.5 5.75 = 6 etc