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The academic examination for junior high school students, referred to as "senior high school entrance examination", is a horizontal test to test whether junior high school students have reached the academic level of junior high school, and it is also a selective test for senior high school based on nine-year compulsory education. It is held once a year, usually in mid-June. The provinces and cities in the country are not unified, according to local time. Junior high school students' physical education academic level examination is generally conducted in March-April.

Junior high school academic level examination mainly measures the degree to which students meet the learning requirements stipulated by the state, takes into account the needs of students' graduation and further studies, and promotes students to study each course carefully and complete the compulsory education stipulated by the state.

The examination scope covers all subjects except the comprehensive practical activities stipulated in the compulsory education curriculum plan. The specific examination method is determined by the provincial education administrative department according to the characteristics of the subject, the outline of the junior high school level examination is cancelled, and the proposition of compulsory education curriculum standards is strictly followed. Proposition should not only focus on examining basic knowledge and skills, but also on examining thinking process, innovative consciousness and ability to analyze and solve problems.

Combined with the characteristics of different disciplines, the structure of test questions should be set reasonably, the proportion of mechanical memory test questions and objective test questions should be reduced, the proportion of exploratory, open and comprehensive test questions should be increased, and interdisciplinary propositions should be actively explored.

The middle school level test is a level test to test whether junior high school students have reached the middle school level, and it is a selective test for senior high schools 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.

In other words, in the past, the "senior high school entrance examination" was a decisive examination, while the junior high school academic level examination was an examination of all subjects. Based on the comprehensive quality evaluation results, an examination evaluation and multiple admission mechanism conducive to the high-quality, diverse and characteristic development of senior high schools was established to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability.