The GRE@ Program will introduce a revised GRE General Test in the fall of 2007 that is designed to:
· Increase test validity
增加考试的可靠性
· Provide faculty with better information regarding applicants’ performance
为大学提供考生更准确的能力信息
· Address security concerns
安全考虑
· Increase worldwide access to the test
增加世界各地考试范围
· Make better use of advances in technology and psychometric design
更好的在考试中利用先进技术和心理测量学设计
Changes planned include the following:
具体变化如下：
Verbal Reasoning
语文：
· GREater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and less dependence on vocabulary
更注重认知能力，减少对词汇量的依赖
· More text-based materials, such as reading passages
更多的文本材料，比如增加阅读文章
· A broader selection of reading passages
阅读文章选材更加广泛
· Emphasis on skills related to graduate work, such as complex reasoning
注重与科研工作相关的能力考查，如复合推理
· Expansion of computer-enabled tasks (e.g., clicking on a sentence in a passage to highlight it)
扩大计算机在考试中的应用（例如，考生可以点击文章中的句子，让其更突出）
· Two 40-minute sections rather than one 30-minute section
2个40分钟的部分取代以前一个30分钟的部分
Quantitative Reasoning
数学
· Quantitative reasoning skills that are closer to skills generally used in graduate school
所考查的能力更接近在学校广泛应用的能力
· Proportion of questions involving real-life scenarios and data interpretation increased
增加与现实生活场景或数据阐释问题的比重
· Proportion of Geometry questions decreased
几何题比例下降
· Better use of technology (e.g., on-screen calculator)
更好的利用科技（如桌面计算器）
· Two 40-minute sections rather than one 45-minute section
2个45分钟的部分取代以前一个45分钟的部分
Analytical Writing
分析写作
· New, more focused prompts that reduce the possibility of reliance on memorized materials
新的热点题目减少考生对背诵材料的依赖
· The Issue and Argument tasks are each 30 minutes in length
Issue和Argument分别为30分钟
· Essay responses will be made available to designated score recipients
写作的点评可以发给特定的分数接受者
Changes in the Verbal and Quantitative Score Scales
语文和数学记变化
· The GRE Board has approved new score scales for the Verbal and Quantitative sections. The GRE Program anticipates that the new score scale range will be 110 to 150, in 1-point increments. Final specification of the score scale will be determined based on data from the initial revised General Test administrations in the fall of 2007.
