Testing Accommodations Available for Test Takers with Disabilities or Health-related Needs

Note: If you would like to request accommodations other than those listed below, you must describe them in Part II of the Testing Accommodations Request Form which can be found in the Bulletin Supplement.

Extended Testing Time

All tests are timed.

• 50 percent (time and one-half)
• 100 percent (double time; documentation required)

Extra Breaks

Note: Breaks are not included in testing time (can be used for medication, snacks, trips to the restroom, etc.).

Accommodations for the Computer-based GRE® revised General Test Only

• Ergonomic keyboard
• IntelliKeys keyboard
• Keyboard with touchpad
• Screen magnification
• Selectable background and foreground colors
• Trackball

Assistance

• Reader
• Scribe

Assistance for Spoken Directions Only

• Oral interpreter¹
• Sign language interpreter¹
• Printed copy of spoken directions (for paper-based tests only)

Assistance for Note Taking

• Braille slate and stylus²
• Perkins brailler²

Alternate Test Formats

• Braille²
• Large-print test book
• Recorded audio
• Recorded audio with tactile figure supplement²
• Recorded audio with large-print figure supplement²
• Computer-voiced with tactile figure supplement² (GRE® revised General Test in the U.S. only)
• Computer-voiced with large-print figure supplement² (GRE revised General Test in the U.S. only)

¹ Only applicants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
² Only applicants who are blind or have low vision

See also:

• 2013–14 Bulletin Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities or Health-related Needs
• Resources for Test Takers with Disabilities and Health-related Needs
• GRE revised General Test Preparation Materials in Accessible Formats