Junior high school students' academic examination, referred to as "senior high school entrance examination", is an examination to test whether junior high school graduates have reached the graduation level of junior high school. It is a necessary condition for the issuance of junior high school diplomas. In China, these subjects are designated as subjects of national curriculum, and all of them are included in the scope of junior high school level examination.

Junior high school academic level test is a level test to test whether junior high school students reach junior high school academic level, and it is a selective test for senior high school based on nine-year compulsory education.

Junior high school academic proficiency test mainly measures the degree to which students meet the learning requirements stipulated by the state, and the test scores are the basic basis for students to graduate and enter higher schools. The unified standard of "integration of two examinations" for junior high school graduation and senior high school enrollment is "junior high school level examination", which includes all subjects set in the experimental plan of compulsory education courses into the scope of junior high school level examination, guides students to study each course carefully, and ensures the basic quality of junior high school education.