Change focus of education reform

Only by reforming the local evaluation mechanism can the government achieve balanced distribution of education resources and curb the development of "super high schools", says an article on gmw. Excerpts:

The debate over "super high schools" such as Hengshui High School in North China's Hebei province has been going on for some time now. The Hengshui school is said to have achieved "high-score miracles" at the college entrance examination, or gaokao, many times. A majority of the students from Hebei who score high marks at gaokao invariably come from this school.

People have rightly blamed this development on the unbalanced distribution of education resources. Local governments cultivate these "super high schools" to improve their political performance and such schools use their "high-score miracle" to attract more good students, who, in turn, add to their success. As a result, people think getting their children to such a school is ticket to sure success.