Free test material for GRE takers unveiled

Updated on: Thursday, July 08, 2010

Educational Testing Service (ETS) unveiled free test preparation material for the GRE revised general test, which will be launched in August 2011. Students considering taking the GRE revised general test will get an opportunity to practice answering the new question types and try out some of the new computer-based functionality with the free material available on the GRE website.

The free test preparation material available online includes sample questions for all verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing sections of the test.

The GRE POWERPREP II Software, which is downloadable, gives students a simulated test-taking experience of the computer-based revised general test.

The software provides a timed test that demonstrates the new design features, including allowing test-takers to move back and forth and changing answers within a section, as well as a new on-screen calculator.

“The release of free test preparation material for the GRE revised general test more than one year in advance is part of ETS's commitment to fairness and equal access,” says David Payne, VP and COO for College and Graduate Programmes, ETS.

“It is because of this commitment that we provide test preparation material at no cost and make it available to all students online.”

Payne points out that ETS will continue to provide free test preparation material for students who will be taking the current general test.

The revised general test will deliver many new test-taker friendly features when it is introduced in 2011. Some of the enhancements test takers will notice less reliance on vocabulary out of context, more emphasis on reading — and no antonyms and analogies.

Other changes include new types of questions in the verbal reasoning and quantitative reasoning sections, many featuring real-life scenarios that reflect the kind of thinking they'll do in today's demanding graduate and business school programmes; new question types like filling in a number or providing more than one response when asked and the introduction of an on-screen calculator for the quantitative reasoning section.

Free test material for GRE takers unveiled

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