No. Your earlier score is ignored, even if your more recent score is lower.
Columbia. Taken from TIME magazines results.
reliability
You would need to check the CollegeBoard website for your previous test scores. Hopefully you'd remember if you've taken the test since you should have been preparing for it!
Minimum test scores for Sanford vary according to program where entrance testing is required. If you do not meet the requirement on the day you take the test, you may take it once again in the same day and again within 24 hours. Test scores are valid for one year from the date you make the required score.
recess does improve test scores.
It's always the better score. However, remember the GRE is only one part of the total criteria used in the selection process. Not to belittle the test itself, but many schools require you take the test, but do not put much confidence in its ability to predict success at the graduate level.
Colleges take the highest reading score, the highest math score and the highest writing score out of all the tests you've taken. So if there was a really bad essay topic, you can take it again and they will take the higher of the scores.
The test scores of other students Worldwide.
To get better scores on the Test you must better know the material on the test prior to taking it.
You have to take a special test usually taken in primary school/middle school. It will be sent home with standardized testing scores (:
I seem to remember seeing that homeschoolers had higher scores. Correct !!
A test can be curved fairly by adjusting the scores based on the overall performance of the students. This ensures that the difficulty of the test is taken into account, and all students are evaluated fairly relative to their peers.