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Revised GRE General Test Pattern (GRE 2011)

 

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Revised GRE General Test (GRE 2011)

Test Sections

Scoring

Length of the test

 

 

Section

Questions

Scoring Scale

Time

Analytical Writing scores

1 section with 2 separately timed tasks)

1 "Analyze an Issue" task and
1 "Analyze an Argument" task

0-6 with half point increment

30 min per task

Verbal Reasoning

(2 sections)

Approximately 20 questions per section

130–170 with 1 point increment

30 min per section

Quantitative Reasoning

(2 sections)

Approximately 20 questions per section

130–170 with 1 point increment

35 min per section

Unscored*

Varies

 -

varies

Research**

Varies

-

varies

 

 Revised GRE General Test sections (GRE 2011)

1)One Analytical Writing (Essay writing) section with two separately timed writing tasks.

2) Two Verbal Reasoning(English) sections

3) Two Quantitative Reasoning(Mathematics) sections

One unscored section, typically a Verbal Reasoning or Quantitative Reasoning section, that may appear at any point in the test

Revised GRE General Test Scoring

The revised test features a new score scale that reports the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on a 130–170 score scale, in 1-point increments. Analytical Writing (AWA) scoring will continue to be reported on the same 0–6 score scale, in half-point increments. scored 0-5 scale 

 

GRE Sections Order

The Analytical Writing section will always be first, while the remaining five sections appear in any order.

 Revised GRE General Test Length

The overall testing time for the GRE revised General Test is approximately 3 hours and 45 minutes, plus short breaks for the test taker. There are six sections to the revised test:

Additional sections of the Test:

*An unidentified unscored section that does not count toward a score may be included and may appear in any order after the Analytical Writing section.

**An identified research section may be included in place of the unscored section. The research section will always appear at the end of the test. Questions in this section are included for the purpose of ETS research and will not count toward the test taker's score.

 

 

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