招生制度和评价制度是教育活动的导向机制。多年来,上海在改革招生制度和评价制度方面作了大量的探索与实践。早在20世纪80年代中期,上海的农村地区就已经先行进行了招生考试制度的改革,实行初高中分离办学,实行小学毕业生免试就近对口入学。这项改革在减轻学生过重课业负担,提高义务教育质量方面起到了很大的作用。至90年代初,上海市区也在郊县农村地区改革的基础上,参照郊县的改革经验, Enrollment system and evaluation system is the guiding mechanism of educational activities. Over the years, Shanghai has made a great deal of exploration and practice in reforming its enrollment system and evaluation system. As early as the mid-1980s, rural areas in Shanghai had conducted the reform of the enrollment examination system first and implemented the separation of schools in early high schools and the implementation of primary school leavers' entrance examinations. This reform has played a significant role in alleviating the burden of students on extracurricular studies and improving the quality of compulsory education. By the early 1990s, Shanghai Municipality, on the basis of reforms in rural areas in suburban and county counties, with reference to the reform experience in the suburbs,