美国教育考试中心（ETS）官方网站最新公布：原定于今年10月启动的新GRE考试将推迟至2007年秋推出，并采取网考形式。
GRE委员会认为，鉴于ETS将从现行的计算机考试和笔试转为全新的网考形式，所以推迟一年将会更好地服务于考生和研究机构。ETS关于新GRE考试的研发、设计和实地测试还将继续进行，并计划于未来两年内在全世界增加数以千计的考点，让学生有更好的途径参加ETS这些考试。
GRE考试项目专家分析，GRE考试改革是ETS系列产品周期性改革的一个组成部分，早前ETS曾经宣布将于今年10月份进行新GRE的改革，而此次将GRE改革推迟到2007年秋天并以网考形式推出，对于广大考生来说是一个利好消息。首先，从去年关于新版GRE内容方面的变革以及明年GRE考试将采用网考形式的情况来看，GRE改革的科学性进一步提高，同时此次新GRE改革推迟并采用网考形式还得到了美国各大教育机构的认可；第二，GRE考试的推迟为中国考生争取了更多的时间；第三，采用网考的形式也意味着新GRE考试将有可能增加考点范围或是增加考试次数。
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ETS网站原文如下：
ETS Announces New Launch Schedule for the Revised GRE? General Test Princeton, N.J. (February 8, 2006) — With the endorsement of the Graduate Record Examinations Board, ETS will launch the revised Graduate Record Examinations? (GRE?) General Test in the fall of 2007, company officials announced today.
The revised exam was originally scheduled to launch in October 2006. However, the GRE Board believes that the delay will better serve test takers and graduate institutions as ETS transitions from the current computer- and paper-based forms of the test to the new Internet-based (iBT) version.
“The higher education and graduate communities are excited about the revised GRE,” explains Mari Pearlman, Senior Vice President of ETS’s Higher Education Division. “They worked with us to create this revised test, and they are looking forward to using it. The new launch schedule will enable us to complete the expansion of our Internet-based testing operations worldwide.”
Until the revised General Test is launched, ETS will continue to deliver the GRE General Test using the current network of secure, proctored test centers. Pearlman notes that the graduate community has relied on the General Test for 57 years and that ETS is committed to continuing to deliver valid and reliable scores with both the current and revised General Test.
Test development, design and field testing will continue for the new GRE test. The new iBT delivery platform is already being used to deliver the innovative new Test of English as a Foreign Language? (TOEFL?) exam worldwide. ETS plans to improve student access to its tests by adding thousands of testing sites worldwide in the next two years.
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ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services for all people worldwide. In serving individuals, educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and research-based teaching and learning tools. Founded in 1947, ETS today develops, administers and scores more than 24 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. |
