The Korea Times took note of the introduction of ETS's long-awaited GRE (Graduate Record Exam) test, as of August 1. Allowing more freedom to the applicants in their test-taking strategies, test takers can move back and forth, edit or change answers, skip and return to questions, all within a section. The revised test focuses less on out-of-context vocabulary and emphasizes more real-world scenarios, the ETS said.
Students from Asia will particularly welcome the changes, according to ETS.
“The GRE revised General Test will now be offered all on computer, all in one day, for students in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, contrasting with the split-test format previously administered in those regions,” said ETS in its press release.
What The Korea Times neglects to mention is that the split test was instituted in certain Asian countries some years ago after ETS discovered that students in those countries, including China and Korea, were sharing answers to the test questions via internet bulletin boards on popular websites like Hacker's TOEFL, in violation of the confidentiality statements signed. ETS data showed that students involved in such illicit activities could actually raise their test scores. Therefore, the significance of the new GRE derives in large part from the fact that it is more secure than the old version.
For further detail on the test itself, readers may wish to go directly to the GRE pages of the ETS web site for additional details.
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