TOEIC is the acronym for Test of English for International Communication. The TOEIC test is a global standard for the assessment of communicative English ability. The most important feature of the TOEIC test is that the proficiency of the examinee is expressed as a numerical score between 5 and 495 for both the listening and reading parts, giving a total score between 10 and 990 rather than pass or fail. The scale is constant. If the proficiency of the examinee does not change, their score will also remain unchanged. This consistency allows examinees to obtain an accurate measurement of their current proficiency in English and a target score to work towards. The above is from the TOEIC steering committee official website. The person who wants to learn more in detail should access the TOEIC steering committee official homepage.