Here is the official way to calculate your Band Score in Listening and Reading IELTS. It's from Official IELTS website.
IELTS Listening and Reading paper contain 40 items and each correct item is awarded 1 mark. Band scores ranging from Band 1 to Band 9 are awarded to candidates on the basis of their raw scores.
The tablet below shows the mean raw scores achieved by the candidate at different levels in IELTS Listening, Academic and General Tranning Reading test and indicate the number of marks required to meet a particular band score.
Hope this helps!
IELTS Listening and Reading paper contain 40 items and each correct item is awarded 1 mark. Band scores ranging from Band 1 to Band 9 are awarded to candidates on the basis of their raw scores.
The tablet below shows the mean raw scores achieved by the candidate at different levels in IELTS Listening, Academic and General Tranning Reading test and indicate the number of marks required to meet a particular band score.
Listening | |
Band score | Raw score out of 40 |
5 | 16 |
6 | 23 |
7 | 30 |
8 | 35 |
Academic Reading | |
Band score | Raw score out of 40 |
5 | 15 |
6 | 23 |
7 | 30 |
8 | 35 |
General Training Reading | |
Band score | Raw score out of 40 |
4 | 15 |
5 | 23 |
6 | 30 |
7 | 34 |
Hope this helps!