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Effect of Increased Test-Taking Time on Test Scores by Ethnic Groups, Age, and Sex.

Wild, Cheryl; Durso, Robin – 1979

This study investigates the effects of increasing the test time to reduce the speededness of the verbal and quantitative experimental sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test. In December 1976, at approximately 550 domestic test centers, 20- and 30-minute versions of a verbal experimental test and of a quantitative…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Quantitative Tests, Racial Bias

Summary of Research on Restructuring the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test.

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Wild, Cheryl L. – 1979

Three sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test were reviewed before the introduction of the restructured test in October, 1977: research on (1) the GRE-Verbal section; (2) the GRE-Quantitative section; and (3) a planned third section, measuring analytical thinking skills. Research in all three areas focused on test…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations