The senior high school entrance examination, that is, "junior high school graduation and senior high school entrance examination", is a selective examination, but it is also based on compulsory education; The senior high school entrance examination should consider the potential ability of junior high school students to continue their studies after entering high school, but high school education is still the category of basic education. Therefore, the senior high school entrance examination should not only adhere to the examination of basic knowledge, basic methods and basic skills, but also adhere to the examination of subject ability. The proposition of senior high school entrance examination strictly follows the requirements of compulsory education curriculum standards, fully considers the teaching situation, compulsory education curriculum reform and the use of teaching materials, and seeks common ground while reserving differences to the maximum extent, which fully embodies the basic principle of "smooth transition and gradual progress" in compulsory education curriculum reform.
The senior high school entrance examination, or "senior high school entrance examination", is called "junior high school academic examination and senior high school examination". There are usually two or three or four mock exams before the middle school entrance examination. The senior high school entrance examination is organized by the provincial examination institute (examination bureau), the municipal research institute of educational science (teaching institute) or the district-level teaching and research office.