New Gaokao comes in 2020

　　The Gaokao(entrance exam for universities and colleges) reform in Shandong Province which is highly concerned now has the new tendency. The reform plan has been approved by the Ministry of Education, news from Shandong Education Department on Feb.18th , Shandong is confirmed to be one of the second batch of experimental reform provinces. In the plan issued before Shandong planed to reform Gaokao from autumn, 2016, that is to say New Gaokao comes in 2019. However in the final reform plan which has been approved just now the reform is postponed one year later to autumn,2017, so New Gaokao comes in 2020. According to relevant professional persons, in the background of New Gaokao, academic level test is also facing reform: it may experiment classification testing mode --passing exams and grade exams.