The University Entrance Examination Association will be established in December, consisting of academics who research university entrance exams and practitioners involved in admissions work.Tohoku University will play a central role in developing human resources who can design future university entrance examination systems. On December 12th (Sunday), the promoters' meeting (founding general meeting) and the first board of directors meeting will be held at Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi Auditorium (inside the Academic Information Center).
According to the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the University Entrance Examination Association, the committee is headed by Professor Naoki Kuramoto of the Faculty of Education, Tohoku University, and the secretariat is Professor Tomohiro Miyamoto of the Faculty of Education, Tohoku University, as well as the University of Tokyo, Saga University, Kansai University, and Ehime University. The list includes teachers and staff from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.A council of university-related organizations and high school-related organizations will be established under the main body of the society, which will be a collection of individual members.Establish a place where universities and high schools can understand the actual situation in each other's workplaces and exchange information.
Until now, university entrance exams have not been considered an academic subject of research, but academic grounds and evidence have not been reflected in system design.However, as university entrance exam reforms are steadily progressing, there have been calls for the placement of experts who can contribute to appropriate decision-making in departments specializing in entrance exams at each university.
In response to this, the University Entrance Examination Association has decided to develop human resources who can design systems based on academic knowledge and who can lead university entrance examination reform, and to explore connections with systems in other countries.
