October 21, 2005

Overhauled GRE Will Have New Questions and Take Longer to Complete

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

The Graduate Record Examination is undergoing an extreme makeover. After four years of research, officials of the Educational Testing Service say they have nearly finished the most significant overhaul of the GRE in its 55-year history.

New sample questions will be available on the ETS Web site by the end of this month, and the revamped exam will be offered for the first time in October 2006. Each of the computer-based test's sections — verbal reasoning, analytical writing,

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