China: The Test

In most Chinese high schools, outdated rote learning is the norm. But one school in Beijing is promoting creativity and independent thinking.

In China, a student's school years are typically very demanding. But when some students get into university, they start to take it easy.

Students in China are taking a key exam that will determine their future. But focusing on the exam, the gao kao, may rob students of creativity.

High school graduates in China must take the gao kao. These national college entrance exams decide who gets into the best schools and eventually the best jobs. But as China moves toward a more innovation-based economy, the tests may prove problematic.