Chinese College Entrance Examination, And Social Stratification

Examination is the model of contradictory assessment in the field of education. College Entrance Examination(CEE), which has the largest scale and coverage in China, has obvious or potential function of social stratification.For the individuals , CEE is the key to change one's fate and improve the social status. For the society, CEE is the fairest and the most reasonable select method, which plays an important role to the stability and prosperity of our country.A large number of students take CEE each year since 1977. The keen competition of CEE still exists nowadays because it controls which college or university a student can enter,controls the salary and social status after graduation. As the word saying, One score in CEE is the decisive factor to what kind of life a student will live. CEE has gone beyond educational examination and is linked with social stratification,This paper is mainly divided into 2 parts, that is CEE and internal stratification of high education, CEE and social stratification. The former includes:1,CEE and rank stratification, which means training school and comprehensive university a student will enter. 2,CEE and energy level stratification. 3,CEE and course stratification.The later , CEE and social stratification, includes: 1,CEE and career stratification. 2,CEE and salary stratification.In the end , the paper makes a general comments on CEE and social stratification.