Reports in this section support the validity arguments for the constructs and content measured by the GRE® General Test and Subject Tests.
Key Reports
- Supporting Efficient, Evidence-Centered Item Development for the GRE Verbal Measure
By K. M. Sheehan, I. Kostin, and Y. Futagi (2007)
GRE Board Report No. 03-14 - Effects of Preexamination Disclosure of Essay Prompts for the GRE Analytical Writing Assessment
By D. E. Powers (2005)
GRE Board Report No. 01-07R - Identifying the Writing Tasks Important for Academic Success at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level
By M. Rosenfeld, R. Courtney, and M. Fowles (2004)
GRE Board Report No. 00-04R - Psychometric Evaluation of the New GRE Writing Assessment
By G. A. Schaeffer, J. B. Briel, and M. E. Fowles (2001)
GRE Board Report No. 96-11P - Determinants of Persistence of Graduate Students in Ph.D. Programs
By G. M. Attiyeh (1999)
GRE Board Report No. 95-18R
Additional Reports
- Ensuring the Fairness of GRE Writing Prompts: Assessing Differential Difficulty
By M. Broer, Y. Lee, S. Rizavi, and D. Powers (2005)
GRE Research Report No. 02-07R, ETS Research Report No. RR-05-11 - Effect of Extra Time on GRE Quantitative and Verbal Scores
By B. Bridgeman, F. Cline, and J. Hessinger (2003)
GRE Board Report No. 00-03P - GRE Automated-Editing-Task Phase II Report: Item Analyses, Revisions, Validity Study, and Taxonomy Development
By H. Breland, K. Kukich, and L. Hemat (2001)
GRE Board Report No. 98-05P - Stumping E-Rater®: Challenging the Validity of Automated Essay Scoring
By D. E. Powers, J. C. Burstein, M. Chodorow, M. E. Fowles, and K. Kukich (2001)
GRE Board Report No. 98-08bP - Comparing the Validity of Automated and Human Essay Scoring
By D. E. Powers, J. C. Burstein, M. Chodorow, M. E. Fowles, and K. Kukich (2000)
GRE Board Report No. 98-08aR - Detecting Construct-Irrelevant Variance in an Open-Ended, Computerized Mathematics Task
By A. Gallagher, R. E. Bennett, and C. Cahalan (2000)
GRE Board Report No. 95-13P - Exploration of an Automated Editing Task as a GRE Writing Measure
- By H. M. Breland (1999)
GRE Board Report No. 96-01R - Further Validation of a Writing Assessment for Graduate Admissions
By D. E. Powers, M. E. Fowles, and C. K. Welsh (1999)
GRE Board Report No. 96-13R - Items by Design: The Impact of Systematic Feature Variation on Item Statistical Characteristics
By M. K. Enright, M. Morley, and K. M. Sheehan (1999)
GRE Board Report No. 95-15R - Precollegiate Curricula, University Characteristics, and Field Persistence Among Science Majors
By M. Pennock-Román (1999)
GRE Board Report No. 95-02R - Test Takers' Judgments About GRE Writing Test Prompts
By D. E. Powers and M. E. Fowles (1998)
GRE Board Report No. 94-13R - Comparability of Paper-and-Pencil and Computer Adaptive Test Scores on the GRE General Test
By G. A. Schaeffer, B. Bridgeman, M. L. Golub-Smith, C. Lewis, M. T. Potenza, and M. Steffen (1998)
GRE Board Report No. 95-08P - GRE Analytical Reasoning Item Statistics Prediction Study
By R. F. Boldt (1998)
GRE Board Report No. 94-02P - Examining the Validity of a Computer-Based Generating-Explanations Test in an Operational Setting
By R. E. Bennett and D. A. Rock (1998)
GRE Board Report No. 93-01P - An Investigation of the Role of Educational Background on Performance on the GRE Analytical Measure
By M. K. Enright and I. I. Bejar (1998)
GRE Board Report No. 92-14P - Effects of Applying Different Time Limits to a Proposed GRE Writing Test
By D. E. Powers and M. E. Fowles (1997)
GRE Board Report No. 93-26cR - Effects of Disclosing Essay Topics for a New GRE Writing Test
By D. E. Powers and M. E. Fowles (1997)
GRE Board Report No. 93-26aR - Validating a Writing Test for Graduate Admissions
By D. E. Powers, M. E. Fowles, and K. Boyles (1996)
GRE Board Report No. 93-26bP - A Cognitive Analysis of Solutions for Verbal, Informal, and Formal-Deductive Reasoning Problems
By M. K. Enright, C. B. Tucker, and I. R. Katz (1995)
GRE Board Report No. 90-04P - The Introduction and Comparability of the Computer-Adaptive GRE General Test
By G. A. Schaeffer, M. Steffen, M. L. Golub-Smith, C. N. Mills, and R. Durso (1995)
GRE Board Report No. 88-08aP - A Research Platform for Interactive Performance Assessment in Graduate Education
By M. M. Sebrechts, R. E. Bennett, and I. R. Katz (1993)
GRE Board Report No. 90-01P - Field Test of a Computer-Based GRE General Test
By G. A. Schaeffer, C. M. Reese, M. Steffen, R. L. McKinley, and C. N. Mills (1993)
GRE Board Report No. 88-08P - The Prediction of GRE Reading Comprehension Item Difficulty for Expository Prose Passages for each of Three Item Types: Main Ideas, Inferences and Explicit Statements
By R. O. Freedle and I. W. Kostin (1992)
GRE Board Report No. 87-10P - The Convergent Validity of Expert System Scores for Complex Constructed-Response Quantitative Items
By R. E. Bennett, M. M. Sebrechts, and D. A. Rock (1991)
GRE Board Report No. 88-07bP - The Development, Investigation, and Evaluation of New Item Types for the GRE Analytical Measure
By W. Emmerich, M. K. Enright, D. A. Rock, and C. Tucker (1991)
GRE Board Report No. 87-09P - Validating the GRE Analytical Ability Measure Against Faculty Ratings of Analytical Reasoning Skills
By M. K. Enright and D. E. Powers (1991)
GRE Board Report No. 86-06P - Concurrent Validity of Verbal Item Types for Ethnic and Gender Subgroups
By C. L. Wild, W. M. McPeek, and S. L. Koffler, with H. I. Braun and W. R. Cowell (1989)
GRE Board Report No. 84-10P - A Study of the Long-Term Stability of GRE General Test Scores
By K. M. Wilson (1988)
GRE Board Report No. 86-18R - Strength of the Analytical Factor of the GRE General Test in Several Subgroups: A Full-Information Factor Analysis Approach
By G. A. Schaeffer and N. M. Kingston (1988)
GRE Board Report No. 86-07P - Relationships of Reasoning and Writing Skills to GRE Analytical Ability Scores
By S. B. Carlson (1988)
GRE Board Report No. 84-23P - Content Characteristics of GRE Analytical Reasoning Items
By C. Chalifour and D. E. Powers (1988)
GRE Board Report No. 84-14P - GRE Verbal Analogy Items: Examinee Reasoning on Items
By R. P. Duran, M. K. Enright, and L. P. Peirce (1987)
GRE Board Report No. 82-20P - Construct Validity of the GRE Analytical Test: A Resource Document
By R. P. Duran, D. E. Powers and S. S. Swinton (1987)
GRE Board Report No. 81-06P - Analytical Reasoning Skills Involved in Graduate Study: Perceptions of Faculty in Six Fields
By D. E. Powers and M. K. Enright (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 83-23P - The Relationship of Scores Based on GRE General Test Item Types to Undergraduate Grades: An Exploratory Study for Selected Subgroups
By K. M. Wilson (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 83-19P - Test Anxiety and the GRE General Test
By D. E. Powers (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 83-17P - Generalization of GRE General Test Validity Across Departments
By R. F. Boldt (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 82-13P - The Relationship of GRE General Test Scores to First-Year Grades for Foreign Graduate Students: Report of a Cooperative Study
By K. M. Wilson (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 82-11P - Effects of Test Preparation on the Validity of GRE Analytical Scores
By D. E. Powers (1986)
GRE Board Report No. 82-06aP - Contribution of Verbal Item Types in the GRE General Test to Accuracy of Measurement of the Verbal Scores
By F. M. Lord and C. L. Wild (1985)
GRE Board Report No. 84-06P - Factor Structure of the GRE General Test for Older Examinees: Implications for Construct Validity
By L. J. Stricker and D. A. Rock (1985)
GRE Board Report No. 83-10R - Relationship of Admission Test Scores to Writing Performance of Native and Nonnative Speakers of English
By S. B. Carlson, B. Bridgeman, R. Camp, and J. Waanders (1985)
GRE Board Report No. 83-02R - The Relationship of GRE General Test Item-Type Part Scores to Undergraduate Grades
By K. M. Wilson (1985)
GRE Board Report No. 81-22P - Report of a Study of the Content of Three GRE Advanced Tests
By R. DeVore and W. M. McPeek (1985)
GRE Board Report No. 78-04R - The Assessment of Writing Ability: A Review of Research
By P. L. Cooper (1984)
GRE Board Report No. 82-15R - Content Representativeness of the Graduate Record Examinations Advanced Tests in Chemistry, Computer Science, and Education
By P. K. Oltman (1982)
GRE Board Report No. 81-12P - Construct Validity of the GRE Aptitude Test Across Populations — An Empirical Confirmatory Study
By D. A. Rock, C. E. Werts, and J. Grandy (1982)
GRE Board Report No. 78-01P - Effect of Increased Test-Taking Time on Test Scores by Ethnic Group, Age, and Sex
By C. Wild and R. Durso (1979)
GRE Board Report No. 76-06R - Admissions Test Scores as Predictors of Career Achievement in Psychology
By W. B. Schrader (1978)
GRE Board Report No. 76-01R