Before the Gaokao, there is the 中考.
The world knows China's Gaokao, with its record 13.4 million registrants. Less known abroad: the Zhongkao (中考), the senior-high-school entrance exam taken at the end of grade 9 by a cohort comparable in size to the Gaokao's – because every Gaokao candidate first passed through it. The Zhongkao matters double: it assigns students to senior secondary school, and in effect to the tracks – academic (普通高中) or vocational (职业教育) – with roughly half the cohort going each way, varying by province. One exam, two days, a fork in the road at fifteen.
Two years of junior high, one visible map
The Zhongkao covers Chinese, mathematics, English, and province-specific sciences and humanities across the junior-secondary years. Revision runs the same way the Gaokao's does – rounds of review over growing stacks of textbooks and 卷子. A map gives families the one thing a stack can't: colors showing which grade-7 foundations have rotted while grade-9 material got drilled, early enough to fix before June.
The a-b-c-d for Zhongkao families
a) Upload textbook chapters, 试卷 summaries and class notes to Brain – mapped on your device in minutes.
b) Quiz per subject and per grade level; the map shows grade-7 reds underneath grade-9 work.
c) Fix the foundational reds first – the Zhongkao rewards the whole staircase, not the top step.
d) Track which track: the map's greens tell you honestly where the score sits as choices approach.
Quick answers
Where does our child's material go?
Nowhere. Files are processed on your own device and never uploaded – your child's preparation stays inside your family, on your hardware.
Does this also help after the Zhongkao?
Directly – the same habit carries into 高中 and the Gaokao. Families who map through junior high arrive at the senior years with the system already built.
Map the first gate – apply free, tonight. The fork at fifteen deserves a prepared mind.