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Latest PTE Academic Changes: What Pearson Updated in 2025
Two new speaking tasks, human part-scoring of content on seven tasks, and no change to the 10–90 scale. Effective for tests from 7 August 2025.
Last verified: 26 September 2026
Pearson announced updates to PTE Academic that apply to tests taken from 7 August 2025.
- Two new speaking tasks: Summarize Group Discussion and Respond to a Situation.
- The original 20 question types continue with the same format and timing.
- Content on seven task types is part-scored by human experts as well as AI. Pearson states humans never score pronunciation or fluency.
- The score scale stays at 10–90 for Overall, Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.
- Pearson says the average test duration remains around two hours, and results are still returned within two days in almost all cases.
Pearson also says pricing, ID requirements, retake rules and the booking process did not change as part of this update.
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