IELTS Characteristics

IELTS The IELTS incorporates the following features:

A variety of accents and writing styles are presented in text materials in order to minimise linguistic bias. Since the TOEFL only concerns North American English, the IELTS is considered more authoritative than TOEFL by some people and organisations (especially the ones outside the United States). Although apparently the TOEFL incorporates British and Australian listening exercises.
IELTS tests the ability to listen, read, write and speak in English.
Two test formats can be chosen from - Academic and General Training.
Band scores are used for each language sub-skill (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking). The Band Scale ranges from 1 ("Non User") to 9 ("Expert User").