GRE
stands for Graduate Record Examination. It is a standardized eligibility test
created and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). This test needs
to be cleared in order to get admission in most of the graduate schools in USA.
This exam is for testing your verbal and quantitative reasoning and analytical
writing. GRE Subject Tests are taken when candidate wishes to do specialization in any field.
You can take the GRE revised general tests as computer based test and paper
based test. Mostly computer based tests are conducted. Paper based tests are
conducted at places where it is not possible to conduct the computer based
tests.
Ø GRE Revised General Test
Score Scales
Three
scores are reported on the GRE revised General Test:
·
A Verbal Reasoning score is
reported on a 130–170 score scale, in 1-point increments. The Verbal Reasoning
section measures your ability to understand what you read and how you apply
your reasoning skills in practice. It consists of 2 essays, with time limit of
30 minutes each.
·
A Quantitative Reasoning
score is reported on a 130–170 score scale, in 1-point increments. This section
measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic and
data analysis. Two sections each with 20 questions are in the test, 30 minutes
for each section.
·
An Analytical Writing
score is reported on a 0–6 score scale, in half-point increments. This section
measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills. Two sections each
with 20 questions are asked in the test, 35 minutes for each section.
Any
section in which you answer no questions at all will be reported as a No Score
(NS).
·
Computer based test:
In the Verbal Reasoning
and Quantitative Reasoning sections of the computer-based GRE revised general test , the reported scores are based on the
number of correct responses given to all the questions. This means the computer
selects the second section based on your performance on the first section. All
questions within each section, contribute equally to the final score. For each
of the two sections, a raw score is computed. The raw score is the number of
questions you answered correctly. The raw score is converted to a scaled score
through a process known as equating. The equating process accounts for minor
variations in difficulty by the section-level adaptation. Thus a given scaled
score for a particular section reflects the same level of performance. For the
Analytical Writing section, each essay receives a score from at least one
trained reader, using a six-point holistic scale. Scores assigned are on the
basis of the overall quality of an essay in response to the assigned task. The
essay score is then reviewed by e-rater, a computerized program developed by
ETS. If the human scores and e-rater score match than that human scores are
considered else a second human score is obtained, and the final score is the
average of the two human scores. The final scores on the two essays are then
averaged and rounded to the nearest half-point interval on the 0–6 score scale.
·
Paper based test:
In paper-based-test for
Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning raw score is computed, raw score is
then converted to a scaled score through equating just as above. For the
Analytical Writing section, each essay receives a score from two trained
readers, using a six-point holistic scale. If the two assigned scores differ by
more than one point on the scale, the discrepancy is adjudicated by a third GRE
reader. Otherwise, the two scores on each essay are averaged. The final scores
on the two essays are then averaged and rounded to the nearest half-point
interval on the 0–6 score scale.
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