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Extended certification - recognising candidates’ true achievement

Dear Centre Exams Manager,

Following on from my message to you about Statements of Results in August last year, I am now writing to you to let you know about an exciting new initiative regarding the way we present candidates' results.

This initiative is called "Extended certification" and will give many candidates additional credit for the language skills they have demonstrated in a Cambridge ESOL exam. This will help universities, employers and other organisations have a clearer picture of how candidates' results relate to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Extended certification applies to:

  • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)
  • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
  • Cambridge English: First (FCE)
  • Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET) and Preliminary for Schools
  • Cambridge English: Key (KET) and Key for Schools
  • Business English Certificates: Preliminary, Vantage and Higher (BEC)

Extended certification will be rolled out for all the exams listed above during 2011, with most of the new certification arrangements in place for exams in March 2011.

Please read this Extended certification factsheet which has been specially created for Centre Exams Managers. It gives you lots of additional information about extended certification and will help you answer your candidates' questions.

I hope you find this information useful.

Best regards,

Nigel Pike

Acting Director Assessment
Cambridge ESOL

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