Socring Sections - JLPT

SCORING SECTION

1. Scoring sections and range of scores for each level

 Test results are given according to scoring sections in the table below. N1, N2 and N3 have three scoring sections: Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)," "Reading" and "Listening." N4 and N5 have two scoring sections: "Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading" and 'Listening'.

Level	Scoring sections	Range of scores
N1	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)	0～60
	Reading	0～60
	Listening	0～60
	Total score	0～180
N2	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)	0～60
	Reading	0～60
	Listening	0～60
	Total score	0～180
N3	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)	0～60
	Reading	0～60
	Listening	0～60
	Total score	0～180
N4	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) ・Reading	0～120
	Listening	0～60
	Total score	0～180
N5	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) ・Reading	0～120
	Listening	0～60
	Total score	0～180

2. Correspondence between test sections and scoring sections

Test sections in the test and scoring sections in the test results correspond as given in the table below.

In test			In test results
Level	Test sections		Scoring sections	Range of scores
N1 N2	Language Knowledge(Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading		Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)	0～60
			Reading	0～60
	Listening		Listening	0～60
N3	Language Knowledge (Vocabulary)		Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)	0～60
	Language Knowledge(Grammar)・Reading		Reading	0～60
	Listening		Listening	0～60
N4 N5	Language Knowledge(Vocabulary)		Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading	0～120
	Language Knowledge(Grammar)・Reading
	Listening		Listening	0～60

 3. Determination of pass/fail

In order to pass, (1) total score needs to be at or above the point required for passing (overall pass mark) and (2) score in each scoring section needs to be at or above the minimum point required for passing (sectional pass mark). If there is even one scoring section where the score is below the sectional pass mark, examinees are determined to have failed, no matter how high the total score he/she might have.

Scoring sections of N1-N3 and N4-N5 are different. Overall pass marks and sectional pass marks for each level are shown in the table below.

Level	Total score		Scores by Scoring Sections
			Language Knowledge （Vocabulary/Grammar）		Reading		Listening
	Range of scores	Overall pass marks	Range of scores	Sectional pass marks	Range of scores	Sectional pass marks	Range of scores	Sectional pass marks
N1	0～180 points	100 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points
N2	0～180 points	90 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points
N3	0～180 points	95 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points	0～60 points	19 points

Level	Total score		Scores by Scoring Sections
			Language Knowledge （Vocabulary/Grammar）・Reading		Listening
	Range of scores	Overall pass marks	Range of scores	Sectional pass marks	Range of scores	Sectional pass marks
N4	0～180 points	90 points	0～120 points	38 points	0～60 points	19 points
N5	0～180 points	80 points	0～120 points	38 points	0～60 points	19 points

※The above standards were adopted beginning with July test in 2010 (December test in 2010 with N4 and N5).

Examinees will be judged to have failed if they miss a test section. Although they will receive a Score Report, it will not show scores for any test section, including those that have been taken.