The GRE® revised General Test — Launching in 2011

Now, the most trusted assessment of graduate-level skills is even better. For you. And for your potential students.

For more than 60 years, the graduate community has accepted the GRE® General Test as a proven measure of a candidate's readiness for graduate-level work — and of their potential for success.

Now ETS, creator of the GRE General Test, has enhanced the content and delivery of the test in several significant ways. The GRE revised General Test, launching in 2011, is even more closely aligned with the skills needed in today's demanding graduate and business school programs. And it can help you make more informed admissions decisions.

Featuring a new level of sophistication in psychometric design and delivery, the GRE revised General Test is a friendlier, more technically advanced test that's been updated to provide you with even more reliable results.

Here's What You Can Expect from the Revised Test:

Changes to test content that more closely align with the skills your candidates need to succeed:

• The Verbal Reasoning measure places a greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills, making it a truer, deeper assessment of the test taker's ability to understand what they read and how to apply their reasoning skills. Learn more about the Verbal Reasoning measure.
• The Quantitative Reasoning measure tests the same basic mathematical concepts, but emphasizes the data interpretation and real-life scenarios a test taker will encounter, to better gauge their skills. Learn more about the Quantitative Reasoning measure.
• The Analytical Writing measure asks test takers to provide more focused responses to questions, so they can more accurately demonstrate their skill in directly responding to the task presented. Learn more about the Analytical Writing measure.

Changes to the test design that provide your candidates a friendlier, more flexible test-taking experience:

• Now they'll find new features that allow them to change their answers, skip questions and more — giving them the freedom to use their own personal test-taking strategies.
  Learn more about test design changes.

Changes to scoring that deliver more simplicity in distinguishing performance differences between your candidates:

• The revised test features a new score scale that reports the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures on a 130 – 170 score scale, in 1-point increments (vs. 200 – 800 in 10-point increments). Compressing the reporting metric means producing scores that won't exaggerate small performance differences between examinees. Learn more about score changes.

While several key areas of the GRE General Test are changing, one thing will not: Our commitment to maintaining the trusted validity, security and fairness that are hallmarks of ETS and the GRE program. Learn more about test fairness and validity.

Important: To help the graduate community prepare for the 2011 launch, we'll send out information on the tips and timing you need throughout the year. We highly recommend that you sign up to receive these emails for your institution. Sign up now.

Start Preparing for the Launch in 2011. Here Are Important Dates You Need to Know:

Table with important dates about the GRE revised General Test

MONTH	MILESTONE
2010
JULY	Free test prep available to test takers
2011
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER	August 1: First day of testing for revised test For tests administered in August – September, scores will be reported starting in early November
OCTOBER	For tests administered in October, scores will be reported starting in mid-November*
NOVEMBER	For tests administered in November, scores will be reported starting in late November*
DECEMBER	Score reporting returns to the regular reporting period (10 – 15 days after test date)*

Dates reflect scores sent through SCORELINK® Internet Delivery Service. Scores reported on paper reports will be sent approximately one week later. Check back for a more detailed reporting schedule in early 2011.

*Score reports for paper-based administrations will continue to be reported six weeks after test date.