China Gaokao test Roman Mueller

In our world today, students in China face a very important test, called the gaoka. This test is extremely tiring, difficult, and long. It is somewhat like the SAT, ACT, and other American standardized tests but it's more different than similar. The gaoka test in China overall is very different than American standardized tests.

First off, one reason the gaoka is different from the ACT, SAT, and other American standardized tests is because students rely on it. Chinese universities base the students level only on the gaoka test. On American standardized tests, this is not the case. In the article China's Cram Schools, it's says "In some ways, the gaokao is like the SAT or ACT, but it's more than twice as long and the stakes are much higher:Given every June over several days, the test is the only thing that matters for admission to Chinese universities." This illustrates how the gaokao test is extremely stressful and important. If a student fails it, they will not be able to go to a Chinese university and they will have a hard time supporting their family without a high paid job. Another way the gaokao test is different from the ACT, SAT, and other American standardized tests is that they are not studies for as much. For example, it says "Maotanchang is different than a typical Chinese high school only in the extreme degree of its harsh rules and long hours, but it's curriculum is essentially the same. Everything taught in 10th and 11th grade is focused on what the gaokao tests..." This shows how the gaokao test is extremely important and studied for. Students taking this test have strict rules and can't do things they want so they have to study. This proves how the gaokao test is different than the ACT,SAT or other American standardized tests.

The gaokao test is also different from American standardized tests because it changes the students social life and puts an extreme amount of pressure.

For example, the article states "Maotanchang stepped in to fill this need. Located in the Anhui province, two hours from the nearest city, the school prides itself on eliminating the distractions of modern life. Cell phones and laptops are forbidden. The dorms, where about half the students live, have no electrical outlets. Dating is banned...this may be the only town in China with no video arcade, billiards hall, or internet cafe." This shows how the gaokao test is changing these students lives immensely. Also, in the article it states "Number of Students Taking College Entrance Tests Annually-China:9 million students taking the gaokao/USA:3.5 million taking SAT/ACT." This proves that Chinese students are under a lot of pressure  because so many people take the test and the chance of them getting into the university they want is smaller. The gaokao test greatly differs from other American standardized tests.

Overall, the gaokao test taken by Chinese students is extremely stressful, difficult, and tedious. This tests affects the students lives immensely and that is why it makes it different than the ACT,SAT, or other American standardized tests.