Here’s a great interview with iTEP International CEO Todd Maurer conducted by Cathoven AI. It explores the history of the company, its English tests (high stakes and otherwise) and some of the innovations they’ve brought to market. Without really being a household name, over the past few decades iTEP has carved out a niche for itself and formed some meaningful partnerships with academic institutions.
It is worth remembering that iTEP were the first to introduce certain features that were later adopted by better known testing firms.
I chuckled when Todd said that “the TOEFL test, for a long time, was three hours.” That’s funny because the TOEFL was actually four and a half hours long.
One of my goals for 2025 is to learn more about the iTEP products. I will take the iTEP Academic this week, I hope.