What Are the Different Types of College Admissions Tests?

Advanced Subjects Test for University Admissions, referred to as Designated Subject Test and Referral Test. It is one of the three major examinations in the Taiwan University Admissions Program (the other two are the University Subject Ability Test and the University Entrance Examination Examination) in Taiwan Education. It is organized by the Foundation of the University Entrance Examination Center. Formerly known as the Joint Examination, this test has been implemented since the abolition of the Joint Examination in 2002.

University entrance examination

Subjects tested in Designated Subject Examinations

Different from the previous traditional joint entrance examination, the examination and enrollment of different subjects are different. The colleges and universities are responsible for determining the subjects to be selected, and they can refer to the weights of 1, 2, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, or 2 times. Therefore, you must first take the specified subject exams, and refer to the requirements of each university department (some will require technical subjects or academic test results as the threshold), consider weighting, select volunteers, log in online, and then distribute the assignments. . ^[4]

In addition to the special status student's preferential treatment (see the special status student's performance preference page for details) and the dispute over fees, the following subject disputes exist in the designated subject examination.

Multiple admissions

The original reason for abolishing the entrance exam was because the entrance exam caused abnormal teaching and the pressure on students to study. However, some parents and teachers of some students did not think that the above phenomenon had improved after the designated subject examinations were changed. Public opinion representatives proposed to resume the joint examination. ^[6]

Propositional controversy

Because the textbook uses more than one outline, some concepts are not mentioned in each version, so it must be checked by a special person, but there are still missing fish. Some questions are poorly designed, do not provide sufficient data, or have no answers at all. In addition, there have been questions that are similar to the mock test in the cram school or the same material used in the reading test. Therefore, there are "controversial questions" every year. At this time, you must file an appeal and discuss it with the test center before deciding whether to send points or relax the standard answer. However, the problems that have been answered in a few years have been too difficult. Even many teachers and supplementary teachers have a headache. After examining the reference books, candidates often cannot find the correct answer. What they get is "ambiguity." Ambiguous explanation but no correct answer.

Examination subject dispute

Because the subjects collected by the admissions distribution are customized by the various departments of the university, some parents think that some departments "abuse" the adopted subjects, such as "history", but they use mathematics B, and physics (self) It is necessary to reduce the number of acquisition subjects in order to adopt the national language (company) and so on. The Ministry of Education said it would study and limit.

In addition, the "Citizens and Society" course will be added from the 1998 academic year. Some scholars have stated that the timetable is too fast and it may be inappropriate to rush into the road. However, the Ministry of Education said that this test has been prepared for a long time and has received support from most high school and university principals and related subject teachers, so it is not wrong. ^[7]

Doubt reply dispute

In terms of doubtful responses, multiple questions are often sent by multiple people at the same time. However, the doubtful responses posted on the website of the test center only answer one of them, and there are no individual responses.

For example, question 97 of the biology department in 1997. The doubtful content in the doubtful reply of the test center is:

Choices (B) and (E) are beyond the scope of the 88 syllabus, and there is no obvious error in their description. It is recommended that (B) (E) be given points.

Doubtful reply is only for this doubtful reply. However, "other suspicious content" is:

Flatworms such as planar worms have a protorenal tube composed of excretory tubules (connected to each other in a network) and flame cells. Flame cells have a cluster of cilia that can oscillate like a flame. When cilia oscillate, they can fly into a thin liquid It is pushed to the excretion tubule and then discharged through the excretory hole on the body surface to maintain the water balance in the body. Most of the metabolic waste (such as NH ₃ ) is diffused through the body surface or into the digestive circulation cavity through the mouth and discharged from the body. Therefore: "Animal" is "Planetia"; "Excretory organ" is "protorenal duct"; "Ammonia" is included in "Nitrogen-containing waste discharged" The answer should be (A) (C) (D) (E) )

The test center's doubtful response was "not explained"

In addition, the test center's doubtful reply may not be able to give a clear answer to the doubtful content.

For example, question 32 of the 1997 biology department. The suspect content is:

It can be seen from the figure that the insects H, J, and K all feed on the capers, but the insects H do not all inhabit in a humid environment. Therefore, the answer should be option (E) (no (C))

The test center doubtful reply was:

There are only three species that prefer dry environment (EFG). Although AH can inhabit dry environment, they prefer wet environment; species H prefers sheltered environment; species K has stricter environmental requirements than species J, so Only options (C) (E) are correct.

However, option (C) of this question: "All" insects that feed on the Capparis are inhabiting a humid environment; Suspect content: Among them, "H" are not inhabiting in a humid environment; Doubtful reply: Species H "prefers" inhabiting Sheltered environment. Because "preference" does not represent "du", this response is controversial.

Score review procedure dispute

For a long time, the test center was player and referee, the review information was opaque, and the review responses were too general. The candidates who did not change their scores also only received a response from the test center that the detailed review results did not find errors. "Why so" is even more unknown.