The shortcomings of quality evaluation of postgraduate training under the orientation of “five only” and its countermeasures

Abstract

This paper analyzes the causes and the current situation of the traditional education evaluation in China based on the goal of breaking the “five only”, and discusses its drawbacks in terms of distorting the real level of scholars, hindering the diversified innovation of schools, driving the academic style and merit, and harming the national education development. Finally, the paper proposes countermeasures to break the “five only” reform in terms of establishing a new style of education, improving result evaluation, strengthening process evaluation, exploring value-added evaluation, and improving comprehensive evaluation. The paper may be useful to promote the reform of postgraduate training quality evaluation and improve the institutional mechanism of moral education.