Beginning in January 2008, the GRE Program will begin including reformatted reading passages in the Verbal Reasoning section of the computer-based GRE® General Test. Currently, reading passages accompanying Reading Comprehension questions contain line numbers that reference specific parts of the passages. Those line numbers will be replaced with highlighting when necessary in order to focus the test taker on specific information in the passage.

The reformatted question types are part of the continuing improvements to the General Test. During this time, test takers may encounter both formats in their tests.

"We believe the new format will help students more easily find the pertinent information in reading passages," explains David Payne, Associate Vice President in ETS’s Higher Education Division. "The GRE Program will begin counting these question types toward examinee scores as soon as an adequate sample of data from the operational testing environment is available."

Examples of the current and reformatted Reading passages are available at www.ets.org/gre/newquestiontypes.html.

In November 2007, two new question types were included in the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections of the computer-based GRE® General Test.<\p>

The GRE General Test is now offered year-round as a computer-based test in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Test takers may register by web, phone, fax, or mail. The paper-based General Test will be discontinued in Ho Chin Minh City after the February 2, 2008, administration.<\p>

Beginning in January 2008, the GRE Program will begin including reformatted reading passages in the Verbal Reasoning section of the computer-based GRE® General Test. Currently, reading passages accompanying Reading Comprehension questions contain line numbers that reference specific parts of the passages. Those line numbers will be replaced with highlighting when necessary in order to focus the test taker on specific information in the passage.

The reformatted question types are part of the continuing improvements to the General Test. During this time, test takers may encounter both formats in their tests. "We believe the new format will help students more easily find the pertinent information in reading passages," explains David Payne, Associate Vice President in ETS’s Higher Education Division. "The GRE Program will begin counting these question types toward examinee scores as soon as an adequate sample of data from the operational testing environment is available."Examples of the current and reformatted Reading passages are available at www.ets.org/gre/newquestiontypes.html.

Beginning in November 2007, two new question types will be included in the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections of the computer-based GRE® General Test. Test takers may see ONE new Verbal question or ONE new Quantitative question or no new questions at all. No test taker will receive more than ONE new question. The new question types are part of the first phase of the General Test improvements that will be introduced gradually over time.

The new question types have been through extensive field trials, and the results indicate that they are functioning as intended. The GRE Program will begin counting these question types toward examinee scores as soon as an adequate sample of data from the operational testing environment is available.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) and China’s National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA) announced today that registration for the Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®) General Test reopened at 12pm on April 25, 2007 at www.etest.net.cn or www.etest.edu.cn. The testing format will remain the same as the current GRE® General Test; test takers will take the Analytical Writing section of the General Test at a computer-based administration, and the Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning sections at a paper-based administration. Test takers will use the new online registration system where they can choose to use either online payment (through the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China or China Merchants Bank) or wire transfer. Wire transfers from the Bank of China in Beijing municipality and China Post electronic remittances will not be accepted.