This thesis aims at analyzing the excess competition policy for high school exam-free enrollment in Chunghua, Yunlin and Chiayi School Districts, through the research of data and materials related to the excess competition policy in 2014 and 2015 school years.
There are five findings from the conclusion of this research. First, this research analyzes and compares items and their weights employed by these three school districts to rank students in the excess competition policy for the enrollment of general and vocational high schools. In 2015 school year, the major items ranked according to their weights for each school district are as the following. For Chunghua district, they are the score of the comprehensive assessment, the choice of high schools sorted by the student, servicelearning grade, and enrollment priority by distance. Those for Yunlin district are the score of the comprehensive assessment, outstanding rewards, balanced learning accomplishments, and the choice of high schools. Major items adapted by Chiayi district are the score of the comprehensive assessment, the choice of high schools, achievements in competitions, physical fitness and career counseling.
Secondly, it is important to include a balanced learning assessment in the excess competition policy in order to encourage well-balanced teaching and learning in the junior high school. It should be evaluated whether there is a noticeable change of the bypassing and non-major subject teaching attitude in the junior high school under a balanced excess competition policy for exam-free high school enrolment. Thirdly, the weighting of the comprehensive assessment result for junior high school students has a direct impact on the variability of the academic level between students entering the same high school. This conclusion can be validated by a continuous study based on the academic survey of high school freshmen in the high school education database. Fourthly, in addition to gifted education programs, the competence-based class grouping is a common practice among rural high schools for years in order to boost the college entrance rate of their students. The administration of education should seriously review the legitimacy and appropriateness of such a practice. Fifthly, Chiayi school district adopts an 11% weighting of “career counseling” in its excess competition policy. Given the fact that the career orientation is undetermined for the majority of junior high school students, it is questionable to include “career counseling” in the excess competition policy before a rigorous assessment methodology and a credible evaluation approach can be established.