The history of the high school joint entrance examination is very similar. It first began to take shape during the 1950s and 1960s. In Taipei, for example, standardized admission testing began in 1958. To date, 23 schools take part every year, with around 60,000 youngsters sitting for the exam.
而台灣各地高中聯招的歷史也差不多，約在民國四、五十年代成形，以台北市為例，四十七年起開始聯合招生，如今共有二十三校參加，每年報考人數約在六萬人。