The National Center for University Entrance Examinations will conduct a trial survey (pretest) of the Common Test for University Admissions starting in 11 on November 10th and 11th. In addition to proceeding with the verification of descriptive and mark-type questions in the trial survey conducted in 2020, this time we will consider not only the content of the actual test but also the implementation system.Results will be announced by March 2017.

 According to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, Schedule A will be held only on the 10th, and Japanese language and mathematics 1 will be conducted. Schedule B is held for 10 days from 11 to 2.Pattern 1 is scheduled for geography history / civilian, national language, foreign language on the 10th, and science 11 and mathematics 1 on the 1th.Pattern 2 has Japanese and foreign languages ​​on the 10th, and Mathematics 11, Mathematics 1, and Science 2 on the 2th.Of these, a descriptive test will be introduced in Japanese and Mathematics 1.

 There will be 454 venues for A schedule and 74 venues for B schedule.Participants will be 1,143 in A schedule of 6 high schools and 6,895 in B schedule of 708 high schools.
The scoring work for descriptive questions will be outsourced to private Benesse.Students themselves score themselves and compare and verify the score difference with Benesse.The policy is to report individual grades to high schools, but not to disclose grades for each high school.

 The National Center for University Entrance Examinations conducted the first trial survey in November 1 with the cooperation of 1,889 high schools nationwide, and conducted English and other studies in February 2017 to verify problem creation.This time, we will check whether there are any problems with the actual implementation system such as venue management.

reference:[National Center for University Entrance Examinations] About the 30 trial survey (pretest) for the introduction of the common test for university admissions

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