Young children brace for first big test
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MORE than 31,000 Shanghai children under age 6 are facing the first big interview of their lives this weekend, and how well they perform will determine whether they attend a private school, which their parents consider superior, or a public institution.
These children have to answer various questions designed to test their academic abilities, musical talents, logical thinking abilities, and physical coordination.
Only about 30 percent of them are expected to pass this year, a small increase over last year, according to figures released by the Shanghai Education Commission yesterday.
The most popular schools are introducing computer systems and motion-sensing systems to help teachers choose the best prospects.
At Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School, one of the most popular private primary schools in Shanghai, more than 2,600 students are vying for just 160 places.
“We believe that the computer system can give more opportunities for students who are too shy to communicate with teachers,” said Zhang Yueying, the school headmaster.
“And it can also help us make efficient and fair judgments, as the system evaluates all students with unified standards and quickly calculates the results.”
She added: “To interview so many students in one day was really strenuous for us.”
The school invited a third-party company to develop an assessment system to combine teachers’ input with an iPad application to test students’ abilities in various areas, including logical thinking, common sense, and interpretation of art.
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