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An arrow landing near the bullseye — an honest estimate with a margin

How we score — honestly

An estimate is only useful if you can trust it. Here is exactly what we measure, how, and where the limits are. We would rather under-promise than show you a number we can't stand behind.

What is auto-scored vs estimated

Listening & Reading — auto-scored

These have right and wrong answers, so we score them exactly against an answer key. For the questions you answer, the result is precise; we then map your percentage to an estimated band.

Writing & Speaking — AI-estimated

There is no single "correct" essay, so our AI estimates a band on each official criterion — Task Response, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy for Writing; Fluency & Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammar and (with the voice version) Pronunciation for Speaking — using the public IELTS band descriptors and CEFR.

The honesty number: AI Writing/Speaking estimates are typically within about ±0.5 of a trained human marker. That's good enough to guide your study and track progress — but for a decisive check before test day, use a human marker.

When you should use a human marker

Use a human Writing Review or Mock Speaking when the decision matters: you're within 0.5 of the band you need, your test is close, or your AI estimate has plateaued. A certified teacher confirms the band and is logged next to the AI estimate so our model keeps improving.

What we never do

We never call a Ledoly result "official", "accredited", "endorsed", or "guaranteed". We never promise a specific band by a date. We never reproduce real exam papers — every passage, question, and model answer on Ledoly is original, written in the same format and difficulty as the real test.

Independent platform. Ledoly is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS, the British Council, IDP, or Cambridge Assessment English. "IELTS" is used here only to describe the exam this course prepares you for. Any band you see on Ledoly is an estimated practice score, not an official IELTS result.

Your data & privacy

When the voice version launches, your speech is processed only to score your pronunciation and is treated as sensitive personal data. We tell you before any recording and you can take the typed predictor instead.

Cách chúng tôi chấm điểm — trung thực

Điểm số chỉ hữu ích nếu bạn tin được. Đây là những gì chúng tôi đo, đo thế nào, và giới hạn ở đâu.

Nghe & Đọc — chấm tự động

Có đáp án đúng/sai nên chấm chính xác theo đáp án; phần trăm của bạn được quy đổi sang band ước tính.

Viết & Nói — AI ước tính

AI ước tính band theo từng tiêu chí chính thức (TR/CC/LR/GRA cho Viết; FC/LR/GRA và Phát âm cho Nói) dựa trên bộ mô tả band công khai của IELTS và CEFR.

Ước tính Viết/Nói của AI thường nằm trong khoảng ±0.5 band so với giám khảo người thật — đủ để định hướng học và theo dõi tiến bộ. Trước ngày thi, hãy dùng giám khảo người thật để kiểm tra quyết định.

Ledoly là nền tảng độc lập, không liên kết hay được chứng thực bởi IELTS, British Council, IDP hay Cambridge. Mọi điểm số là điểm luyện tập ước tính, không phải kết quả IELTS chính thức.

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