Junior High School Comprehensive Assessment Program Begins Today and Tomorrow with 182,000 Candidates
The 2026 Junior High School Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) takes place today and tomorrow, with 182,868 registered candidates. As Taiwan's largest-scale examination, it is crucial for junior high students advancing to high school or vocational school.
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- 📰 Published: May 16, 2026 at 09:09
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, Reporter Chen Chih-chung, 16th) The 2026 Junior High School Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) begins today and tomorrow, with a total of 182,868 people registered. It is the largest examination in Taiwan and affects the rights of junior high school students to advance to high school and vocational school. Candidates are advised to leave early and pay attention to exam stationery and test site rules.
On the first day of the exam today, Social Studies, Mathematics, Chinese, and Writing will be tested in sequence starting from 8:30 AM. Tomorrow (17th), the tests will be for Science, English (Reading), and English (Listening) in that order.
The difficulty of the CAP is set to "moderately difficult," and scoring uses a "criterion-referenced" 3-level system. Subject scores are divided into three levels: Advanced, Basic, and Needs Strengthening, assessing whether students have met each standard rather than comparing their rankings with others. The writing test is graded on a scale of 1 to 6, and the English subject includes both listening and reading components.
The main purpose of the CAP is to certify the academic ability acquired over three years of junior high school and to serve as a basis for remedial teaching in high schools and vocational schools. However, all 15 school districts across the country currently use the CAP scores as one of the items for tie-breaking in the admission-by-placement system (used when the number of applicants to a school exceeds the number of available places), and the comparison methods differ in each district.
Taking the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei (Jibei) district, which has the largest number of people, as an example, it uses a 108-point system. The CAP score accounts for 36 points (converted by level plus indicators, with a maximum of 7 points per subject; maximum of 1 point for the writing test), while diverse learning performance and choice order each account for 36 points. (Editor: Li Heng-shan) 1150516
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, Reporter Chen Chih-chung, 16th) The 2026 Junior High School Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) begins today and tomorrow, with a total of 182,868 people registered. It is the largest examination in Taiwan and affects the rights of junior high school students to advance to high school and vocational school. Candidates are advised to leave early and pay attention to exam stationery and test site rules.
On the first day of the exam today, Social Studies, Mathematics, Chinese, and Writing will be tested in sequence starting from 8:30 AM. Tomorrow (17th), the tests will be for Science, English (Reading), and English (Listening) in that order.
The difficulty of the CAP is set to "moderately difficult," and scoring uses a "criterion-referenced" 3-level system. Subject scores are divided into three levels: Advanced, Basic, and Needs Strengthening, assessing whether students have met each standard rather than comparing their rankings with others. The writing test is graded on a scale of 1 to 6, and the English subject includes both listening and reading components.
The main purpose of the CAP is to certify the academic ability acquired over three years of junior high school and to serve as a basis for remedial teaching in high schools and vocational schools. However, all 15 school districts across the country currently use the CAP scores as one of the items for tie-breaking in the admission-by-placement system (used when the number of applicants to a school exceeds the number of available places), and the comparison methods differ in each district.
Taking the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei (Jibei) district, which has the largest number of people, as an example, it uses a 108-point system. The CAP score accounts for 36 points (converted by level plus indicators, with a maximum of 7 points per subject; maximum of 1 point for the writing test), while diverse learning performance and choice order each account for 36 points. (Editor: Li Heng-shan) 1150516
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