And what effect will multiple-track admissions to senior high school have on junior highs? Year after year on the day of the big test, students have gathered at testing sites all across Taiwan, scribbling furiously and sweating in the sweltering summer heat, as their parents wait outside to ply them with tea and refreshments during breaks.
多元入學讓國中教育產生什麼變化？每年溽暑，全國考生在各考場揮汗如雨、振筆疾書，家人在旁侍候茶水的聯考日，終於將成過去式，今年的國三學生就是高中聯考的末代考生。