Questions and Answers About the New Question Types to Be Included in the GRE General Test Beginning in November

2007
Why are you adding new question types to the test? The addition of new question types is part of the first phase of improvements endorsed by graduate school educators that the GRE Program has been planning. Previous plans for launching an entirely new test all at once were dropped in favor of introducing new question types and improvements gradually. How many new test questions will I see on my test? You may see one new Verbal question or one new Quantitative question or no new questions at all. No test taker will receive more than ONE new question. Will this question affect my score? Initially, the new question types will not count towards a test takers score. However, the GRE Program will begin counting these question types as soon as an adequate sample of data from the operational testing environment is available. If you receive a new question type, you are advised to treat it as if it counts. How can I prepare for the new question types? Sample questions and test-taking strategies are available on the GRE website at www.ets.org/gre/newquestiontypes.html. Will the new question types be included in the paper-based GRE General Test? No. The new question types will not be included in the paper-based GRE General Test or the split-test administrations of the GRE General Test offered in China (including Hong Kong), Korea or Taiwan. Will there be an on-screen calculator? No. An on-screen calculator will not be available. Will the number of questions in a section and timing in the sections change? No. The number of questions in each section of the test and the timing of the sections will not change. Refer to the 2007-08 GRE Information and Registration Bulletin or GRE PowerPrep software for information about the number of questions and timing of each section. Will partial credit be awarded on the new Verbal Reasoning question types? No. Partial credit will not be awarded. In order for a question to be scored as correct, all the answer choices selected in the two or three blanks within a passage must be correct.

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