本文係以大學入學考試國文科試題之演變為例，探討試題與教育控制的關係。除前言、結語及參考文獻外，其中本論貳、大考國文試題之演變，分為三部分：一、命題作文之演變—由公民道德的形塑到文學能力的考察；二、選擇題之演變—由泛政治化的取材到語文能力的考察；三、演變之因。透過本文對大考試題演變的討論，一方面可以了解國家(或命題者)對人才標準看法的轉變；同時，亦可分析國家(或命題者)是如何透過大考試題來進行教育控制。

In this paper, we take the change and evolution of test items of the discipline of Chinese in college entrance examination as an example to discuss the relationship between test item contents and educational conditioning by authorities in Taiwan. This study is divided into three parts: (1) description on the change of essay writing, (2) description on the change in multiple-choice items, and (3) discussion on the cause of those changes. It is hoped that through the study, we are able to see the change in standard of talent searching with time and a way of authoritative educational conditioning, good or bad, through college entrance examination.