【必须认真看】到底GRE各部分的分数是如何评定的

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How the GRE Tests are Scored

The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures are section-level adaptive. This means the computer selects the second operational section of a measure based on the performance on the first section. Within each section, all questions contribute equally to the final score. For each of the two measures, a raw score is computed. The raw score is the number of questions answered correctly.
The raw score is converted to a scaled score through a process known as equating. The equating process accounts for minor variations in difficulty among the different test editions as well as the differences in difficulty introduced by the section-level adaptation. Thus a given scale score reflects approximately the same level of performance regardless of which second section was selected and when the test was taken.
For the Analytical Writing section, each essay receives a score from two trained readers, using a six-point holistic scale. In holistic scoring, readers are trained to assign scores on the basis of the overall quality of an essay in response to the assigned task. If the two assigned scores differ by more than one point on the scale, the discrepancy is adjudicated by a third GRE reader.
The pairs of scores assigned to each of the two essays are used to develop the final Analytical Writing score. Scores on the Analytical Writing measure of the revised General Test have been scaled to the Analytical Writing measure of the prior General Test to maintain comparability between the two scales. The scale scores are then rounded to the nearest half-point interval on the 0 – 6 score scale. A single score is reported for the Analytical Writing section. The primary emphasis in scoring the Analytical Writing section is on critical thinking and analytical writing skills rather than on grammar and mechanics. (Read the "Issue" and "Argument" scoring guides.)
During the scoring process, essay responses on the Analytical Writing section are reviewed by ETS essay-similarity-detection software and by experienced essay readers.