Original practice-data studies
Writing research you can inspect
We study submitted writing to understand response length, criterion profiles and patterns in stored practice estimates. Each report includes its evidence tables, methods, limitations and downloadable aggregate data.
October series: submissions from 22 August–5 October 2026. These are self-selected practice samples with AI estimates, not official examination results. Several reports analyze the same cohorts; their response counts must not be added together.
October 2026 studies
5 reports on this site-
5 October 2026 · 677 responses in scope
IELTS Academic Task 1 word count and practice scores: October 2026 study
Among 677 Academic Writing Task 1 responses from 372 accounts, the median length was 185 words. The length–score rank correlation was 0.165; this association does not establish a benefit from adding words.
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5 October 2026 · 923 responses in scope
IELTS Academic Task 2 essay length and practice scores: October 2026 study
Among 923 Academic Writing Task 2 responses from 546 accounts, the median length was 294 words. The length–score rank correlation was 0.237; this association does not establish a benefit from adding words.
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5 October 2026 · 1,600 responses in scope
IELTS Academic Writing criterion profiles: grammar, ties and score gaps
Grammatical Range and Accuracy had the lowest mean stored estimate in both studied cohorts. Shared-lowest and uniquely-lowest counts show how often that pattern applied to individual practice responses.
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5 October 2026 · 1,600 responses in scope
IELTS Academic Writing practice-score distributions: Task 1 and Task 2
The median stored overall estimates were 5.5 and 5.5 in the two studied cohorts. These distributions describe AI-evaluated practice responses, with task cohorts and repeat-writer sensitivity reported separately.
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5 October 2026 · 123 responses in scope
IELTS General Training Task 2 practice: a 123-response pilot study
The General Training Task 2 pilot contains 123 responses from 51 accounts. The median length was 286 words, but the length–score association weakened when repeat responses were removed.
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Shared methods and related research
The series spans IELTS Writing Checker, Cambridge Writing Checker and ScoreQwik. Each report has one canonical publication page.
Earlier benchmark
The August publication describes a separate historical cohort. Its counts and cleaning rules differ from the October series; comparing the two does not establish learner improvement.
IELTS Writing Benchmark 2026 — published 21 August 2026