TOEFL reading section description
Timing
55 – 70 minutes
Workload
3-4 lectures (3-5 minutes each) 6 questions.
2-3 conversations (3 minutes each) 5 questions.
Overall – 30-40 questions
Automated scoring
Advanced (24–30)
High-Intermediate (18–23)
Low-Intermediate (4–17)
Below Low-Intermediate (0–3)
55 – 70 minutes
The reading section is designed to assess your reading comprehension of academic texts. It consists of three or four reading passages, which are usually excerpts from an academic textbook or an article about 700 words long.
The assessment process is automated. Each reading passage has 12-13 questions aimed at measuring your understanding of the text.
Maximum raw score: 45 raw points