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[新聞] Important Changes to GMAT Delivery Beginning in 2006

文章micht » 2005-05-31 08:19

Important Changes to GMAT Delivery Beginning in 2006

You may have heard that beginning in January 2006, ACT will develop the GMAT and Pearson VUE will administer the exam (currently it developed by ETS and administered by Thomson Prometric). Although no changes to the exam format are currently planned, you should be aware of the upcoming changes.

Test Centers
The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) decided to change providers in large part to improve test security and to increase the number of test centers outside the U.S. Pearson VUE will implement new security measures, such as the use of digital fingerprinting. Though the test centers administering the GMAT will change, the number of test centers in the U.S. will remain about the same. The number of centers outside the U.S. will increase. Currently, some overseas test centers deliver paper exams, and starting in 2006, all centers will deliver exams on computer.

The change in test centers will have little impact on students taking the GMAT in the U.S. Provided there are no problems with the international expansion, access to testing for students taking the GMAT outside the U.S. should improve.

Test Registration
After the switch, test takers will still be able to register online at mba.com. Registration by phone and mail will continue to be available, although the phone numbers and addresses will change. Walk-in registration at test centers will no longer be accepted. Registration for 2006 exams will open on October 1, 2005.

Though we urge students to register well in advance of when they plan to take the GMAT, some students wait to register until the last minute. Right now, they are sometimes able to get appointments by calling or stopping by individual test centers. Students won't be able to do this after the end of 2005 when Thomson Prometric centers will be winding down GMAT delivery, and Pearson VUE centers will be gearing up. GMAC is confident the transition will go smoothly, but unexpected difficulties can crop up. We urge everyone planning to test in December 2005 or January 2006 to make their test reservations as far ahead of time as possible.

The Testing Experience
Pearson VUE centers have a standardized design, so the testing experience will be largely the same for everyone. At Thomson Prometric centers, proctors sit outside the testing room and observe examinees via video camera. They occasionally patrol the testing room, a practice many examinees find disconcerting. At Pearson VUE centers, the proctor will sit in a booth at the center of the testing room. Each testing room will have from three to fifteen workstations, and large test centers may have several testing rooms.

Test takers will no longer be given scratch paper and pencils to work out problems. Instead, each test taker will have an erasable tablet - a white board, essentially. The tablets are approximately the size of a sheet of paper. We don know yet what kind of markers and erasers will be provided, but will keep you informed as soon as we get more information.

Finally, there will be minor upgrades to the test interface and the font will look and feel more contemporary.

Score Reports
Test takers will no longer have to wait two to three weeks to get their official score reports by mail. They'll be able to access score reports and send reports to schools through a secure online system. It'not yet clear how soon after the exam essay grades and the complete report will be available.

GMAC will offer paper in a Pinch score reports for those who don have access to a computer. There will be no fee associated with this score report delivery method.

GMAT scores remain valid for five years, and those who have scores from the past five years will still be able to request reports. Scores between five and ten years old can also be reported, though test takers have to make that request through GMAC call center.

The reports provided to schools will change in one way. Currently, if an examinee has taken the GMAT several times, GMAC reports scores from the three most recent exams. Starting in 2006, GMAC will report all scores from the past five years. Based on the information provided, we believe the online reporting system will be an improvement over the current one.

Beta Testing
GMAC will perform trials on the new delivery system with real GMAT takers between July 15 and August 15 in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Nashville, San Francisco, and some overseas centers. These trials will be open to first-time test takers who submit information for prequalification at mba.com between April 1 and June 27. If selected, examinees will be allowed to register for the exam at the new centers. GMAC will reimburse the $250 registration fee for those who complete the exam and answer an exit survey. Scores from these exams will be official, and test takers will be able to use them to apply to schools. Score reports will be delivered on paper.

Official Guide and GMAC Software
The 11th Edition of The Official Guide for GMAT Review will debut this summer. The 800 questions in the Guide are retired GMAT questions, most of which have not appeared in previous editions. The new guide opens with a diagnostic section, consisting of approximately 50 Math and 50 Verbal questions. You don get a score after completing the section, but you do find out your level of possible performance (below average, average, above average, etc.) on each question type. GMAC will also be releasing two supplemental texts - The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review and The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review. Each guide will have about 300 questions. The questions in the supplements differ from those in the 11th Edition, though all can be found in the 10th Edition.

GMAC has made an effort to improve the explanations in all of its guides and claims they will be much clearer in the new books. Two practice exams will be available via download and CD, just as they are now, but the software will be new. It will go under the name GMATPrep, rather than the current PowerPrep name. The questions on PowerPrep software largely overlap with the 10th Edition of the Official Guide. GMAC says that the new tests will have no overlap with the questions in the new guides.

The new guides and software are very welcome - it been a while since GMAC has released any new questions. The Princeton Review will provide the 11th Edition and both supplements as part of our GMAT courses.


GMAT Transition FAQs

Source: GMAC

Below is some information from GMAC you may find helpful. If you have additional questions, please call 800-2Review.

Why change vendors?
While wee enjoyed a long, successful partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS), the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Board of Directors determined that the investment priorities, strategic direction, and capabilities of ETS were no longer consistent with the Council goals for the future of the GMAT program. Starting January 1, 2006, ACT will develop the GMAT, and Pearson VUE will deliver the exam.

Who are Pearson VUE and ACT, and why are they good partners for GMAC?
Pearson VUE and its sister organizations deliver 40 million exams and score 80 million essays a year in 145 countries worldwide. Pearson VUE is a leader in global computer-based test administration. The company technology investments ensure leading-edge security while providing new services to test takers and business schools.

Pearson, the parent company of Pearson VUE, is the world largest publisher of education materials, through such brands as Prentice Hall, Penguin, and Addison-Wesley, and will provide GMAC with new opportunities for information services. Pearson has operations in 55 countries and publishes materials in 17 languages.

ACT has a well-established reputation for excellence and integrity in test development. ACT has nearly two decades of experience in computer-based testing and has delivered 4.2 million computer-adaptive tests to 1.2 million students. Currently, 4,500 universities use the company admission services. As a result of the partnership with Pearson VUE and ACT, schools and test takers can anticipate a wider array of information and services.

Will the transition affect test takers or schools before January 1, 2006?
If applicants have registered to take the GMAT exam before January 1, 2006, the test will be delivered by ETS at an existing Thomson Prometric test center. Test takers will continue to receive score reports and score management reports from ETS when candidates designate a program as a recipient of their GMAT scores. Starting this summer, GMAC will begin to share the details of the transition with prospective test takers, including information about new test center locations.

Will access to GMAT exams change?
Yes. The GMAT test will be more accessible than it is today, with additional testing centers outside the United States. In addition, all test takers will have the option of registering for the GMAT test online or by phone.

Will the GMAT test itself change?
GMAC has no current plans to change the format of the exam or the types of questions it contains. The GMAT exam will continue to assess verbal skills with reading comprehension, sentence correction, and critical reasoning questions; quantitative skills with problem solving and data sufficiency questions; and analytical writing abilities with two essays. The test will still be delivered in the computer-adaptive format, and, starting in January 2006, the Council will offer the GMAT test exclusively in this format. No more paper-based tests will be given. The GMAT will remain as valid and reliable as it is today. The scores on GMAT exams delivered by Pearson VUE will be comparable to scores on GMAT exams delivered by ETS.


Source: GMAC

GMAC and GMAT are registered trademarks of the Graduate Management Admission Council. ETS is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service.


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http://www.princetonreview.com/mba/test ... GMAT-LEARN



哇...以後不用用計算紙算數學了
還有...OG 11th edition this summer要上市了...
:laugh
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文章bakekab » 2005-05-31 12:40

挖 遇到尷尬的場面了, OG 10th 唸了差不多半年吧 !!

到底要繼續唸, 還是等11th 出來t唸11th 呢?
奮鬥的動力來自於心中的不服氣
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文章Ethan » 2005-05-31 17:07

will continue to assess verbal skills with reading comprehension, sentence correction, and critical reasoning questions

所以不用擔心,應該沒差多少。
Ethan
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如果我是下個月才要開始準備..那OG...

文章bluebarry » 2005-07-11 22:45

因為習慣看書本..
所以OG想要買書..
但不知11版到底出了沒~
不知道現在這時間點是否應該先買10版呢?
謝謝指教~
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文章ss3838 » 2005-09-24 23:06

我已經拿到十一版的書了....真的好快阿,星期一訂星期四就收到了,還蠻美的喔,因為現在才剛剛補at我想先買起來...聽老師說有百分之20不同吧..但是考法大同小異...看看你的想法吧!....緊張
大家加油吧!
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文章ss3838 » 2005-09-24 23:10

喔喔!
忘記說了...我是跟ETS訂的還蠻貴的.119US DOLLAR
蠻直得的啦...但是聽說過一正子就會有了吧,因為我還蠻急的,希望對你有幫助.....
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文章moult » 2005-10-04 13:06

哇~~~ :||| 我打算2006年1月考耶! 雖然GMAC說出題類型維持不變,但出題者的風格(題庫)會不會有所改變啊? 這樣2004年~2005年的JJ和考古題還據強烈參考性嗎?

真令人煩惱耶,請達人為我解惑好嗎?謝謝~~
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文章rice123 » 2005-10-04 18:49

moult \$m[1]:哇~~~ :||| 我打算2006年1月考耶! 雖然GMAC說出題類型維持不變,但出題者的風格(題庫)會不會有所改變啊? 這樣2004年~2005年的JJ和考古題還據強烈參考性嗎?

真令人煩惱耶,請達人為我解惑好嗎?謝謝~~


是呀,我也有一樣的問題呢,12月底的位置都訂滿了,好擔心唷!
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文章Annesft » 2005-10-10 01:17

煩...正在定一月的考試...不想再拖了...打算用三個月拼命的準備...
反正非得完成考試不可不是嗎
優雅的正手拍,犀利的反手拍,連放點小球都很精采!!
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文章butter » 2005-11-01 00:58

請問 og 11版真的一定只能上網跟美國訂?真怕訂來就已經明年快一月了....那個新的主辦單位,沒賣嗎?......
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文章 » 2005-11-24 15:39

og11th 正板目前只能網上訂購 最慢1星期就來了
聽說海盜版的南陽街有賣

參考一下囉....
我行,就任我行 !
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文章shen » 2005-11-24 16:25

請教各位大大.....
我想報明年的GMAT, 但是網路上只到今年的12月就沒了不能報, 我剛剛用電話報名他說他們的業務只到今年也不讓我報, 那小的真不知要怎樣報了耶....有哪位好心的同仁可以解惑一下嗎...感激不盡
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