Is PTE 30 equal to CEFR level A2?

PTE 30 falls in the A2 band of Pearson's published CEFR alignment. CEFR levels are wide, so a whole range of PTE scores shares the same level.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the test owner's published concordance: Pearson: the Global Scale of English and CEFR. Nothing on this page is interpolated between rows.

PTE 30 to CEFR

PTE 30 sits at CEFR A2, on Pearson's own alignment.

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What PTE 30 is worth elsewhere

IELTS Academic

4.5

TOEFL iBT

32 to 34

The full chart

PTE to CEFR conversion chart

Every published row, both ways. Each row links to a page for that score.

PTE Academic	CEFR	Page
85 to 90	C2	Details: PTE 85 to 90 to CEFR C2
76 to 84	C1	Details: PTE 76 to 84 to CEFR C1
59 to 75	B2	Details: PTE 59 to 75 to CEFR B2
43 to 58	B1	Details: PTE 43 to 58 to CEFR B1
30 to 42	A2	Details: PTE 30 to 42 to CEFR A2
10 to 29	A1	Details: PTE 10 to 29 to CEFR A1

Where these numbers come from

Pearson: the Global Scale of English and CEFR

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Questions people ask about PTE 30 to CEFR.

PTE AcademicCEFRPublished concordance

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