TOEIC : Uses and Misuses : "Testing improves education the same way that bombing promotes democracy" Steve Cohn, Education professor at Tufts University

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Although first developed for the business sector, the TOEIC is gradually affecting more university students and university curriculums. More and more students are taking the TOIEC and preparation for the TOEIC is increasingly emphasized in university curriculums. However, the TOEIC is not necessarily suited for all of the ways that it is being used, its claims as an accurate measurement of proficiency should not be accepted without question, and whether TOEIC preparation materials and classes can improve TOEIC scores or if they are the best way to improve scores needs to be examined too. This paper analyzes claims about TOEIC as a measurement of proficiency, the need for TOEIC preparation and TOEIC's role in universities' curriculums.