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MET Go!
This engaging test with full-color illustrations helps learners from 9-15 prepare for their best future. Designed to support learners at all proficiency levels, there is no pass or fail for MET Go!, just personalized feedback encouraging continued learning.
The details
MET Go! is a secure, multilevel digital or paper-based exam designed for upper primary to lower secondary school students. Available as a 3-skill or 4-skill exam, MET Go! provides a certificate and a score report with personalized feedback to every test taker.
What makes MET Go! special?
Personalized score reports
MET Go! is an assessment designed to encourage learning. Each test taker receives a score report with activities and other ways they can improve certain skills, with clear identification of individual strengths and areas for improvement.
Flexible test dates and format
Take MET Go! on paper or on a computer, at home or at school. Schools can choose the test date that best fits their academic calendar, and can reschedule if they need to. And there is never a fee for exams scheduled but not taken.
MET Go! Skills
Writing
Test takers complete three writing tasks that assess a range of writing types and functions.
30 minutes
Listening
Real-life language in public, personal, and educational contexts. The audio is played twice for each question.
30 minutes
Reading
Assesses grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension using age-appropriate texts with visuals.
30 minutes
Speaking
Test takers answer some warm-up questions and then complete four structured speaking tasks.
7-10 minutes
Do your best on test day
Take an interactive demo
A short introduction to the look and feel of the MET Go! Digital test, the demo has a few sample questions from all four skill sections.
Take the sample test
Prepare for MET Go! Digital with a full-length sample test.
Ready, set, Go!
Schedule your MET Go! Digital through one of our Authorized Test Centers.
Access your results
Results will be available via the portal for parents or guardians of test takers.
FAQs for MET Go!
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The test content and skills tested are the same for each exam. However, there are differences in how the test taker answers questions. For example, during the Speaking Section, the test taker looks and listens to a prompt. Then they record their answer instead of speaking to a live examiner. In the Writing Section, test takers hand-write their responses in the paper version of the test and type their answers in the digital version.
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Yes, your student can take MET Go! Digital at home. To do so, the student must register with a Michigan Language Assessment Authorized Test Center.
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No. The test taker does not need to download special software. Review the full policies and procedures for MET Go!.
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Operating System
- Microsoft Windows 8 or later
Processor Speed
- 2.33 GHz CPU
Graphics Card
- At least 65 MB of memory
RAM
- 1 GB
Software
- Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge
Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 768 pixels
- Single monitor only
- Screen scaled to 100%
Peripherals
- two-button mouse
- keyboard
- speakers with microphone or headphones with microphone
- webcam
Internet Speed
- 2.25 Mbps minimum
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Contact the nearest Michigan Language Assessment Authorized Test Center to learn more about upcoming test administrations, registration, and pricing information.
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The exam length varies because test takers continue with the different tasks of the test at their own pace. MET Go! Digital has three sections (writing, listening, and reading). Each section takes 30 minutes or less to complete. The optional Speaking Section takes about 10 minutes. The test taker can complete the full exam in 100 minutes or less.
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During the Speaking Section of MET Go! Digital, the test taker will record their response to the speaking prompts for the different parts of this section of the test. There are several unrated practice questions first, and then the test taker will listen to and read the questions. Responses are automatically audio recorded.
For the paper-based MET Go!, the Speaking Section is administered via a meeting with a certified speaking examiner.
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The test taker will receive instructions from the test center to finish the exam when they are ready to do so.
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No. The tasks that MET Go! uses are very similar to the activities in a typical English language class. Test takers do not need to learn about any new tasks to be prepared to take MET Go!. It is important to look at the MET Go! sample test to become familiar with the questions and tasks that the student will complete.
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We offer multiple free test preparation resources for MET Go! that can be used in preparation for either the paper-based or digital version of the exam.
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The score report shows section scores for each of the skill areas of the test and a final score, with their corresponding level of English proficiency (on the Common European Framework of References) scale. Test takers also receive helpful suggestions on ways to improve in each skill area.
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Michigan Language Assessment provides MET Go! results to test centers two weeks after the test date. Test centers communicate results to test takers.
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No. MET Go! is not an exam that a test taker passes or fails. Because the exam is multilevel, all test takers earn a certificate and a score report with personalized feedback in each skill area.
About Us
After more than 70 years of developing English language exams, Michigan Language Assessment is an expert in helping people fulfill their dreams of working, living and studying in the U.S. and Australia while remaining committed to the highest standards of assessment.