The ScoreItNow!™ Online Writing Practice service is a web-based tool that can help you sharpen your analytical writing skills and prepare for the Analytical Writing section of the GRE® revised General Test. Using ETS’s patented e-rater® technology, the automated scoring system provides immediate essay scoring in a confidential, risk-free environment.
This service lets you:
Plus, six new bonus topics are now available: After you have submitted two essay responses for scoring, you will have the additional option to write and submit essay responses on six FREE bonus topics (three for the Analyze an Issue task and three for the Analyze an Argument task) for more practice. You will receive a score on each essay response that you submit on these bonus topics.
The service contains two options from which you can select: the Practice Option and the Test Experience Option.
Practice Option:
Test Experience Option:
After you have submitted your essay response(s) for scoring, you will receive feedback that will help to improve your writing.
Feedback includes:
You may purchase additional topics with scored sample essay responses and reader commentary in multiples of two and submit responses anytime within six months from the date of purchase.
Which option should you choose?
Select the Practice Option if you want to select topics and have the option of composing your response online or offline. If you compose offline, you will need to copy and paste your response into the ScoreItNow! Online Writing Practice text box before submitting for scoring. You can elect to purchase any combination of the two task types — i.e., one each or two alike. You will not be constrained by the time allotment for the Analytical Writing section of the GRE revised General Test. Remember that your response will be scored based on standards associated with a response written in the actual time allotted for the Analyze an Issue and Analyze an Argument tasks in the GRE revised General Test.
Select the Test Experience Option if you want to have an experience similar to the one you will have in an actual GRE revised General Test. Remember, with this option you must compose your responses online and within the time allotted in the actual test.
NOTE: Although performance on ScoreItNow! essay topics is not an exact predictor of how individuals might perform on the GRE Analytical Writing measure during an actual GRE revised General Test administration, users are encouraged to write the ScoreItNow! essay responses under timed conditions to get a better sense of how they might perform on the actual test.