The aims of this study are: 1) to investigate the impacts of current system of the Joint College Entrance Examination on the senior high school education; 2) to analyze the contents and tendencies of the test items of the Entrance Examination for recent three years; and 3) to find their influences on the senior high school education, so as to seek the proper ways to improve the test items and the system of the Entrance Examination. The study found: (一)Conception: 1. The Joint College Entrance Examination has seriously influenced the senior high school education; 2. Some of the senior high school students and their parents doubt the validity of the Examination; 3. Some of the students have developed improper learning attitude; 4. Some of the parents believe that the more the students pass the entrance Exam, the better those senior high schools are. (二)Curriculum: 1. Most of the senior high schools neglect the courses which are not required by the Entrance Exam; 2. The curriculum and the teaching hours in senior high school are in lack of flexibility. (三)Teaching Materials: 1. The teaching materials are selected according to the needs of the Exam, and are focused on the parts which are possibly involved in the exam; 2. The adoption of the supplementary materials is based on the contents of the Exam. 3. The quantity of some courses materials still doesn’t match with teaching hours. (四)Teaching: 1. The importance of each subject in senior high school is influenced by whether it is required by the Entrance Exam; 2. Techer’s teaching attitude is influenced seriously by the students. (五)Evaluation on School Achievement: 1. Most of the exams in senior high schools are in the form of multiple choices which emphasizes memorization and comprehension only. 2. Most of the students study only what teachers taught,and what may be given in the Exam; 3. In order to pass the various exams held by the school, most students adopt the references from which most of the test items come. Based on above findings, some suggestions for the improvement of the Entrance Examination were recommended. |