After two false starts, the Graduate Record Exam, the graduate school entrance test, will be revamped and slightly lengthened in 2011 and graded on a new scale of 130 to 170. Although the exam will still include sections on verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and analytical writing, each section is being revised. The new verbal section, for example, will eliminate questions on antonyms and analogies. On the quantitative section, the biggest change will be the addition of an online calculator. The writing section will still have two parts, one asking for a logical analysis and the other seeking an expression of the student’s own views. The current G.R.E. scoring scale runs from 200 to 800, with 10-point increments that may represent only one additional correct answer. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/education/06gre.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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