The partnership will combine insights from ETS’s TOEFL and GRE assessments with Passage’s AI-powered processing, matching and engagement capabilities.
The companies said the collaboration will help institutions identify best-fit students more effectively, while giving students a faster and more transparent route from discovering an opportunity to enrolling.
“Our partnership with Passage reflects ETS’s commitment to helping institutions navigate a rapidly evolving global enrolment landscape,” said Janet Garcia, president of ETS.
“Together, we aim to support institutions in unlocking stronger global recruitment pathways while also expanding access to educational opportunities for students around the world.”
ETS has selected Passage as its exclusive strategic AI and technology partner to extend the reach and use of TOEFL and GRE across the education ecosystem.
“Our partnership with Passage reflects ETS’s commitment to helping institutions navigate a rapidly evolving global enrolment landscape
Janet Garcia, ETS
Under the partnership, TOEFL and GRE will be integrated with Passage’s technology, enabling assessment information to be incorporated into AI-enabled workflows. ETS will continue to retain ownership and operational control of its assessments, including test development, delivery, scoring, security, psychometric research and validity standards.
The first capabilities for institutions and students are expected to launch this autumn.
Martin Basiri, CEO of Passage, said the partnership would build on the role TOEFL and GRE have played in helping students demonstrate their academic readiness to institutions.
“Our mission is to provide access to life-changing opportunities,” he said. “For decades, TOEFL and GRE have given students a way to signal their academic readiness to institutions around the world. Passage is building the AI infrastructure that turns that into opportunity at a scale neither of us could have imagined, so millions of students can find the institutions already looking for them.”
ETS said the partnership reflects its wider ambition to use technology to expand access to education and employment opportunities globally. The organisation aims to prepare more than 100 million people for the next generation of jobs by 2035.
