Under the epidemic, how to press the "restart button"

Because the time for art exams has been repeatedly delayed, the review of professional courses must be continued, and the study of culture courses should not be delayed. Under the influence of the epidemic, art candidates were "panicked."

On March 12th, the Ministry of Education stated that the scope of the school examination specialty should be reduced as much as possible; colleges and universities are encouraged to take off-site assessment methods such as submission of works and online video interviews; for universities that are highly specialized and intend to continue to organize school examinations, After the election, the on-site school examination will be organized after the college entrance examination.

At present, there are nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in the country that have majors in arts, and the number of applicants in 2020 is expected to be 1.15 million. At this critical stage, Yi Kao ushered in "unprecedented" changes. How will these changes affect them? How can art candidates prepare for the exam?

School test postponed until after college entrance examination

From 8 am to 21:00, this is the daily review rhythm of Wei Jianghui, an art candidate for Qinhuangdao No. 3 Middle School. Because she has passed the professional examination of Hebei Province, most of her time in March has been to "crash culture review".

This is the second year that Wei Jianghui has taken the art test. At the beginning of 2019, like almost all art candidates, she dragged her suitcase around and rushed through the cities to take the test. She has traveled to Shenyang, Dalian, Shijiazhuang and other places and participated in at least seven or eight school examinations. Among them, four schools were concentrated in Shijiazhuang test centers, "stayed there for almost a month."

In fact, the news of "school test" slimming has long been heard.

On December 11, 2019, the Ministry of Education issued “Strictly Regulate and Do Special Enrollment in Ordinary Colleges and Universities in 2020”, which clearly states that starting from 2020, apart from independent undergraduate art colleges approved by the Ministry of Education, they can still be organized separately School examinations, other colleges of arts and design majors will no longer organize school examinations, but will uniformly use the provincial unified examination results.

After the epidemic, Wei Jianghui is still waiting for the school test of Beijing Institute of Graphic Arts. These few school examinations are kept, most of them are well-known colleges. Previously, they had postponed the school examinations many times, including Communication University of China, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing Film Academy, and Chinese Opera Academy.

However, on March 12, the Ministry of Education issued another notice to deploy the art test arrangements: in principle, no field school test will be organized before the 2020 college entrance examination. For colleges that are highly professional and plan to continue to organize school tests, encouraging candidates to make preliminary selections through off-site assessment methods such as submitting works and online video interviews, and organizing on-site school tests after the college entrance examination.

This means that after the school entrance examination is postponed to the college entrance examination this year, there will still be many major reforms. A relevant person in charge of a famous art college responded to the reporter. The school is studying and introducing a specific plan, and the admissions office will announce it as soon as possible.

"According to the scale of this year's art test, if parents who accompany the test are added, the number of test attendees is expected to be about 2 million." Said Hu Xiangdong, director of the Center for Measurement and Evaluation of Central China Normal University. These two million people will undoubtedly have serious consequences for the struggle against the epidemic. "

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education also said that this method eliminates the need for many candidates and their families to travel around in a hurry to "take the test" and "accompany the test," reducing transportation, accommodation and other expenses, and facilitating candidates and their families.

Graded registration, two screenings

After the policy is introduced, art candidates can concentrate their energy on the review of cultural lessons. However, there are still worries about the art examination reform itself. Some people may ask, is this change in the art examination policy an expedient measure under the influence of the epidemic, or does it represent a certain long-term trend?

"There have always been problems in China's colleges and universities in the arts exams that are too large, repeated, inefficient, and the public questioning their fairness." Hu Xiangdong bluntly said, "Reducing the size and scale of school exams is not just for fighting the epidemic. This is a compulsory measure, which is the general trend of the development of arts admissions examinations. "

"The essence of strictly controlling the scale of on-site examinations is to change from direct registration, one screening to 'uniform examination + school examination', and two screenings. It is necessary and feasible to implement." Hu Xiangdong believes that the policy reform is directed to Art exams are divided into provincial unified exams and a few professional school exams. Candidates must pass the provincial unified exam pass and reach a certain score line before they are eligible to register for the school exam. This can effectively reduce the size of the oversized exam through effective screening.

So far, only the unified examinations for individual majors in Henan Province have not been completed, and the provincial examinations for art majors in other provinces and cities have been completed, which can basically provide candidates with professional test scores.

From the current point of view, "Provincial Examination Results" will be used as the reference standard for admission to most colleges and universities, but it is an exception for famous art colleges.

In February, Li Xiangqun, the dean of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, admitted in an interview with the media that if the scores of the provincial joint entrance examination were used as admission scores, "it is not fair to many candidates, and the requirements of each school are different, and may not meet us Requirements for respective institutions. "

In this regard, the Ministry of Education stated that for colleges that are highly professional and plan to continue to organize school examinations, they are encouraged to conduct preliminary selection of registered candidates through off-site assessment methods such as submission of works and online video interviews, and then organize on-site school examinations after the college entrance examination.

However, Wei Jianghui was reassured that "for art majors, the works seen through electronic scanning or online video and the visual effects of the scene will be very different." She was worried that "this would seriously affect the test results."

In fact, in recent years, some universities have actively explored and practiced the methods of submitting works and online video interviews in the recruitment of art majors and high-level art troupes.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education said that previous explorations have accumulated replicable and extensible experiences and practices. These universities have conducted continuous follow-up surveys of students selected using this method, further confirming the scientificity and effectiveness of this selection method.

Colleges and universities to ensure fair and impartial assessment

Up to now, 8 schools including Communication University of China, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Central Academy of Drama have released the latest art test plans. Submissions, online video interviews, and techniques that have never been used on a large scale will appear in this year's art test. In this off-site remote examination, how to prevent cheating is of most concern.

The Ministry of Education requires that colleges and universities formulate off-site assessment schemes scientifically to ensure fair and equitable assessments: candidates must not be edited when submitting their works; use technical measures such as face recognition to strengthen the verification of candidates' identities, and adopt random sampling and real-time communication. To prevent "replacement exams"; for all admitted candidates, review and retest within three months after the start of school.

"Even if someone may still have a chance, but understand that cheating is easily detected in the test monitoring system. In addition, once the submitted works and information do not match the test information after the test, it will lose the current year and even the future Who would dare to take this risk in examination opportunities for several years? "Said Chen Zhiwen, a member of the expert group of the National Education Examination Board.

"Every step of the adjustment and optimization of the art admissions system is full of exploration, and there are uncertainties brought about by internal and external factors." Hu Xiangdong also admitted that following the essential law and development trend of the development of the art college entrance examination, he continued to improve the admissions management ability. Fully maintaining the fairness and scientific nature of the college entrance examination is the core of optimizing the management of the art examination.

In response to the changes in the art test policy, the Ministry of Education emphasized that relevant universities should provide guarantees for candidates who do not meet the requirements, such as rural and poor areas, to take the test. The specific plan is determined independently by the university.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education told reporters that relevant candidates can apply to colleges and universities to coordinate the admissions and examination institutions where the students are located, and provide free video recording services for candidates. Colleges and universities cannot say "no" to candidates, and provincial admissions examination institutions cannot say "no" to colleges.

"The goal of colleges and universities is to ensure that the majority of art candidates are on the same starting line." Hu Xiangdong said, "Perfecting and optimizing the art admissions system is a long-term project. It is necessary to establish and improve a long-term, tracking nature. , Digital art school examination quality monitoring system. "

(Reporter Tang Yier Chen Peng)