In May, 1998, when then-Minister of Education Lin Ching-jiang announced the plan to abolish the joint entrance exam for high schools, the Humanistic Journal polled parents with children in the sixth grade and found that 56 % were in favor of eliminating the joint entrance exam, 26 % were opposed, and more than half believed that eliminating the test would reduce children's educational stress.
八十七年五月，前教育部長林清江宣佈將在九十學年度「全面廢除高中職五專聯招」後，「人本教育札記」曾詢問當年小學六年級家長對這項重大教育政策的意見，百分之五十六的家長贊成廢除聯招，百分之二十六不贊成；有一半以上的家長認為，廢除聯考會減輕孩子的升學壓力。