David Payne Quotations

We decided to make these changes as a result of input that we've gotten from graduate deans, ... They wanted us to see if we could improve the validity of the GRE scores. Specifically, they wanted us to revise the test so that the skills that we were measuring were closer in line with the skills students need for their graduate studies.

The professional standards in mental testing are that if you change the test, you should change the scoring system.

We were concerned that you could improve your score by memorizing vocabulary lists.

She's still carrying a little bit of condition, so for her to keep winning and to produce a fighting effort like she has today is very encouraging,

She will run in the George Main instead,

One of the things that will be very positive about the new test is that the students are going to see the direct relevance to the types of questions they are being asked to what they will be doing in their graduate programs.

I thought about rolling the dice and going for two. But I felt we had the momentum.

I thought she should have been much closer so I wanted to give her the opportunity to race those fillies and see if she's up to them.

Our plan is to use the items on one test and not on subsequent administrations of test.

I was nervous. Not nervous for any other reason just that I thought we deserved to win. I felt like we outplayed them and I didn't want something like that (to lose on the final play) to happen two weeks in a row.

There is a chance Chris Munce will come back from Hong Kong to ride her in the Caulfield Cup at that weight,

We will have to wait to see what the board says.

We are dropping those item types and adding new item types that really demonstrate they understand the reading or the thesis of an argument.

The other option is to stay here and aim at the Epsom Handicap.

There is no intention to increase the difficulty level.

What we are really doing is changing all three sections so we can try to improve the validity of the scores.

Biggest win, ... The kids just played phenomenal. They executed the game plan well. The defense stepped up and the offense made big plays.

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They still say it's a very demanding test, and it is.

It's just nice to be able to represent somebody that people can genuinely look up to. He really could be a hero.

It's a shame we came up on the short end, but our kids really battled.

The revamp is in response to graduate schools' desires for additional information on students' ability in verbal reasoning and quantitative. It's also very much security, and to ensure that the scores we report are valid.

The new computer-based linear test will allow us to give everyone around the world the same test.

The faculty in the program that you applied to will be able to see the essays that you've written. The faculty will know that this is what the student wrote without the help of anyone else.

In my 22 years of coaching, that's one of the best games I've had the privilege of being a part of. Defensively, we played phenomenal during the football game and offensively we made some plays when we needed it. Our young guys showed effort, tenacity and a lot of want-to.

I have nothing but admiration for everybody on our team tonight,

If we want to set her for the Cox Plate then I think we will probably go for the Underwood,

If you look at her last run it was great, she was wide and covered more ground than any other horse and was only beaten about four lengths by Paratroopers,

Instead of antonyms and analogies, which depend on vocabulary, we want to measure the ability to understand reading passages, so we would ask students to indicate the sentence in a passage where the author presents an argument contrary to his thesis, or find the two sentences that are equivalent,

I'll have to talk it over with Gerry. She's in the Epsom Handicap but now that we've seen she can handle weight-for-age there's the Underwood and the Cox Plate.