GMAC have announced that as of June 2012 the GMAT test will have an innovative new section included on the test. The new integrated reasoning section is designed to measure people's ability to evaluate information from multiple sources and reflects what prospective students will encounter as a manager in today's business environment.
GMAC carried out a number of surveys with business school faculties and as an outcome decided to introduce this new section to ensure the test reflects the skills required in business school.
The integrated reasoning section of the GMAT will capitalize on innovations in technology and assessments and feature questions that further enhance the validity of the test. Test takers will be asked to analyze information from multiple sources such as charts, graphs and spreadsheets and draw conclusions and relationships from such data.
The president and CEO of GMAC, Dave Wilson stated "The new integrated reasoning section of the GMAT will be a microcosm of today's business school classroom. These questions will provide critical intelligence to schools about the ability of prospective students to make sound decisions by evaluating , assimilating or extrapolating data".
The new integrated reasoning section will replace one of the two 30 minute essays so the exam itself will not change in length and will remain 3.5 hours long.
To read more about the new test changes and watch video clips about the changes please visit the GMAC website.