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Discover how the National Biblical Greek Exam can benefit you.

If you are a college or graduate school administrator, you can assist your Greek professors and effortlessly add a new dimension to class assessment in this area. The National Biblical Greek Exam provides many levels of assessment from specific grammatical areas in an individual student's course to broad class averages including national class rankings, and year to year trends. With a few clicks of the mouse you can immediately see the current progress of any class using the NBGE. Not only is such information helpful for gauging your curriculum's' strengths and weaknesses, it also makes self-studies for accreditation much easier. You can also use such information to excite prospective students.

The National Biblical Greek Exam is an easy tool with which you can incorporate the advancements of advanced technology into your biblical Greek curriculum. It can motivate your students and help your instructors make the most of their time. The exam takes care of all exam preparation and grading. Instructors can simply log on and view their students' results. Further, since the exam evaluates the performance of the entire class in specific grammatical areas, instructors have a third party testimony and peer comparison to bring to their performance reviews.

Another benefit the NBGE offers administrators is assistance with transfer credit and placement exams. Students who wish to transfer or seek advanced placement can simply take the NBGE when it is convenient and present the results to you. Although, the NBGE does not make a final determination in every case, it could at least set the parameters for an interview and weed out those who have overestimated their competence. Remember, the test is automatically prepared and graded so there is no additional work for you or your faculty.

Now you can have the online technological power of the National Biblical Greek Exam start working for you. Sign your class up today to start tracking the improvements of your Greek program.

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General Benefits

1) Expedite and improve self-study and reviews.
	It is the perfect tool to effortlessly prepare for self-studies involved with accreditation and yearly performance reviews. Your instructor's account automatically keeps track of how well your class ranks among similar institutions and curricula. The exam also provides detailed analysis and tracking of specific strengths and weakness of each class.

2) Students are motivated to review on their own time.
	The dynamic generation of the exam enables students to take the exam as often as they wish without seeing the same exam twice. Students see what they need to review and repeat the exam until they are satisfied with their performance.

3) The NBGE works as a ready made placement exam.
	Students seeking to transfer credit or advanced placement can take the exam from where ever they are and instantly send you the results. With its popularity at the 2003 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) annual convention and scheduled presentation in 2005 (See you there) the NBGE is gaining wide acceptance.

4) The exam can grow and change as with your Greek curriculum.
	The exam is not married to one textbook. It attempts to use grammatical terms that are widely accepted and integrate questions from many different instructors. However, you do have the option to rank your class among those who use the same textbook.

Intermediate Greek Benefits

Even though the NBGE currently only offers one form of the national exam that covers the basics, nevertheless it is a great tool for your intermediate class.

1) It is a great kick-start to a second year course after summer vacation.
	Students often have difficulty getting back into Greek after a summer break. The NBGE can help prepare your students to make the most of your intermediate course right from the first week. Simply let it be known that it is required for students to take the NBGE in the first week of classes and it is highly recommended that they take it a few times before school begins so they can submit their best score. The NBGE will hold students accountable for reviewing the basics and the instructor will have more time to teach intermediate material.

2) It motivates students review the basics outside of class so the instructor can invest valuable class time on intermediate material.

3) It is a readymade placement or entrance exam.
	Instead of spending time writing and grading a placement exam for someone who may only be flirting with the idea of entering your intermediate course, why not simply have them take the NBGE and send you their results? The NBGE can quickly and easily give you an idea if the student is serious. This works especially well when incorporated with the recommendation in #1 above. Simply have everyone (continuing and new students) take the NBGE at the beginning of the course. Not only will it help you place students correctly, but it will catch problems early giving the instructor time to address them before they become major issues.

Cost

There are a few methods of payment for the exam. One of our main goals is to keep the cost of the exam as low as possible (e.g., free custom exams). As we have added a considerable amount of new features and are expecting a few technical hiccups this year, we are keeping the price per student very low. Our long-term goal is to keep the cost as low as possible to encourage the greatest participation.

Unlimited School License
	Schools or instructors can purchase a School License for an academic year. Many schools recover this expense by charging the students a minimal course fee. A class license allows the students to take the NBGE as often as they wish within the academic year. The license fees are determined by the number of individual students who will be able to take the NBGE during the year no matter how many Greek courses they enroll in. Here is the fee structure: $150 for up to 10 students $250 for up to 20 students $300 for up to 30 students $400 for up to 50 students $480 for up to 60 students $640 for up to 80 students $800 for up to 100 students $8 per student over 100

Limited Exam Passes
	If the school only wants to cover the first exam and let students pay the half price retake fee, initial exam passes are available at 25% off the normal price per exam (There must be five or more students in the class.)

Students Pay Directly (with group discount)
	If the school would rather have students individually pay for their own exams, the NBGE can make it so every student in the instructor's class can purchase the first exam at the group rate (25% off) and purchase retakes at half off the regular price.

Once you decide which plan is right for you, please contact the NBGE to make necessary arrangements.