上海新东方从ETS官方网站得到最新消息，原定于今年10月开始实行的新GRE网考推迟至2007年秋。国外部考试专家认为，新GRE网考推迟对中国广大考生有利。

　　早在2005年，ETS就声称将在2006年10月实行新GRE考试。新GRE的考试形式将采用网考，与将要在中国大陆实行的新托福考试形式相同。考试时间也由现在的每年笔考考两次变为每年大约考30次。但是近日，ETS在其官方网站http://www.ets.org明确宣布新GRE网考将推迟到2007年秋天。

　　上海新东方国外考试部专家认为，新GRE网考推迟对中国广大考生来说是个好消息，考生将有更多的时间准备现行的GRE考试，同时将有更多的时间深入地了解和准备新GRE网考。

　　值得一提的是，ETS对其主要考试改革不断。先是2005年3月把以前的“美国高考”SAT考试改革为New　SAT考试，随后将延用20多年的托福笔考变为新托福网考，然后在2006年1月把GMAT考试的出题权交给美国ACT机构，最后又将把GRE考试变为新GRE网考。上海新东方国外考试部专家认为，ETS对这些考试的不断变化，表明其希望这些考试能更加适应社会的变化和发展，使其更加具有权威性。

附：新GRE网考推迟原文

ETS Announces New Launch Schedule for the Revised GRE General Test
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.