Chinese test takers are considering a class action lawsuit against U.S.-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) following its recent decision to cancel their Graduate Record Examination (GRE) results, “Beijing Morning Post” reports. Some 24,000 participants, most of whom plan to apply to graduate schools in the United States, have been affected.

Educational Testing Service (ETS), the GRE’s organizer, issued a notice on its website late last week stating that all October test results have been canceled in order to protect the validity of the GRE.

The Princeton, New Jersey-based ETS decided to cancel GRE scores in China because the tests repeated verbal and quantitative portions from a GRE test given in 2005. Only tests given in China had the problem.

“Surely the incident is bad for ETS’ reputation in China,” said Wang Xianpeng, a consultant manager with training center JJL Overseas Education in Beijing.

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