Dear Education Masters Students:
Recently the Graduate Records Examinations Organization announced a change in their GRE and
GRE Writing Assessment form of testing. The following two announcements have been on their website
and in their GRE documentation.
“Beginning on October 1, 2002, the Writing Assessment will become part of the General Test
http://www.gre.org/cbttest.html as the analytical writing section. The analytical writing section will be
identical to the Writing Assessment. The Writing Assessment will be administered as a separate test until
December 31, 2002. After that time, it will be discontinued. For more information, read Frequently Asked
Questions About the New General Test .
Starting on October 1, 2002, the General Test will be composed of verbal, quantitative, and analytical
writing sections. The verbal and quantitative sections will be unchanged from their present content. The
analytical writing section will be identical to the stand-alone test we now call the Writing Assessment,
which was introduced in October 1999. The current analytical section will no longer be part of the
General Test. For more information read Frequently Asked Questions about the New General Test.”
You can read more about the changes at the following GRE websites:
http://www.gre.org/cbttest.html
http://www.gre.org/faqnew.html
THIS CHANGE AFFECTS ALL GSU EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENTS
1) If you have taken either the GRE or the GRE Writing Assessment, you must call the testing site
before October 1, 2002 to make an appointment to take the exam you still need.
2)If you have already taken the GRE Writing Assessment and you are an EDUCATION, READ,
MCSE, or ECEG Masters student, you have only three opportunities left to take the MAT exam.
October 12, 2002 November 2, 2002 December 7, 2002
THE MAT IS BEING ELIMINATED AS AN OPTION FOR THE ABOVE DEGREE
PROGRAMS AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2002.
See attached document for MAT Exam Information by using the following links:
http://gsuteach.com (under online forms)
http://www3govst.edu/n-battaglia/doeforms/mat.htm
3) After the December 7, 2002 MAT Exam, all Masters students in the five Education Masters
programs will be required to take the new GRE General Test for entrance into these programs:
EDAD, EDUC, ECEG, MCSE, READ