ETS to Reintroduce Paper-based GRE Test in China

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ETS to Reintroduce Paper-based GRE Test in China

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In response to security breaches, Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced it will temporarily suspend the computer-based Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test in China and reintroduce paper-based versions beginning Oct. 1, 2002.

Test takers will be able to take a paper-based version of the exam on Nov. 23, 2002 and March 15, 2003.

ETS is undertaking the change at the request of the GRE Board, the policy setting body of the examination, following an investigation that uncovered a number of Asian- language Web sites offering questions from live versions of the computer-based GRE General Test.

The GRE Board and ETS believe the use of paper-based versions of the GRE General Test will restore the validity of scores for students. Once the paper-based tests are administered they will be retired from use, thereby removing the unfair advantage some students gain by memorizing questions in advance of the test.

Individuals scheduled to take the computer-based GRE General Test in these areas prior to Oct. 1, 2002, will have the option of transferring to the paper-based administration of the test.

Registration details for the paper-based tests will be announced at a later time.

For students concerned that their recent GRE General Test scores will not be considered valid for admission to American higher education, the GRE Board has reaffirmed that admission decisions are not made solely on the basis of test scores.

It has reiterated that graduate deans must continue to consider GRE scores as just one part of the admission package submitted by students. Scores on the test will have to be supported by grade transcripts, essays, letters of recommendation from teachers, and other information.

By PD Online Staff Li Yan

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