Testing Changes – Integrated Reasoning
- The big one is that one of the essays for the AWA is going to be scrapped in favor of a new 30-minute section called Integrated Reasoning. Integrated Reasoning will include questions that ask test-takers to assimilate, interpret, or convert information from graphs and/or charts.
- Instead of being presented 2 AWA essays candidates will be presented with either an analysis of an issue or an analysis of an argument once the new test launches.
- Other questions in the Integrated Reasoning section will also ask test-takers to evaluate outcomes.
- The format of questions on Integrated Reasoning will also change. Some questions will now allow for multiple correct answer choices, have multiple tabs with different information on each tab, and have “drag-n-drop” answer completion.
- GMAC is also currently testing a listening component for the Integrated Reasoning section. Current tests are focusing mainly on how such a component would affect non-native speakers of English.
- The Integrated Reasoning section will NOT be adaptive.
- The score for Integrated Reasoning will NOT be figured into the 200-800 scaled score we’re all so familiar with. It will be given its own score component as part of your score report.
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