Study on the Ideal Matching Mode of Sleep Time and High Academic Performance of High School Students in China and Its Early Warning Mechanism

Oct 15, 2026

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Based on a sample survey of high schools in China’s Province S, this study applies quantitative statistical analysis to examine how sleep duration ideally matches high academic performance. It develops a multi-level early warning mechanism for schools that sacrifice students’ sleep for higher grades. Results indicate students achieve their best academic performance when they sleep for eight hours or more. The findings stress correct education values and suggest supervised rectification for noncompliant schools.

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Study on the Ideal Matching Mode of Sleep Time and High Academic Performance of High School Students in China and Its Early Warning Mechanism Jian Liu, Liman Zhao, Xiaofeng Du, Guanxing Xu Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China | Abstract. Based on a sample survey of high schools in Province S of China, this study used quantitative statistical analysis to explore the ideal matching mode of sleep time and high academic performance and established a multi-level early warning mechanism for schools that sacrifice student sleep for high academic performance. The results showed that “students achieve the best academic performance when they sleep for eight hours or more.” This is an ideal matching mode for schools to ensure the healthy development of students and build a good educational environment. Teachers, schools, education administrators, and parents should hold correct educational values and view comprehensively the relationship between students’ sleep time and academic performance. For schools that sacrifice students' sleep time and blindly pursue high grades, a multi-level early warning mechanism should be established and their rectification should be supervised.
Best Evid Chin Edu 2020; 6(2):845-861.
Doi: [10.15354/bece.20.ar074](10.15354/bece.20.ar074). | | --- | | How to Cite: Liu, J., Zhao, L., Du, X. & Xu, G. (2020). Study on the ideal matching mode of sleep time and high academic performance of high school students in China and its early warning mechanism. Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 6(2):845- 861. | Keywords: Academic Performance; Sleep Time; Matching Mode; Early Warning About the Authors: Jian Liu, Professor, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. Email: ncctlj@126.com or professorliu9506@126.com. Xiaofeng Du, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, [China. Email: dxfice@163.com](China. Email: dxfice@163.com). Guanxing Xu, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, [China. Email:](China. Email: xuguanxing_56@sina.com)[ xuguanxing_56@sina.com](China. Email: xuguanxing_56@sina.com). Correspondence to: Liman Zhao, Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Room 9506, Jingshi Building, 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100875, China. Email: [545997501@qq.com](545997501@qq.com). Conflict of Interests: None. © 2020 Insights Publisher. All rights reserved. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Crea tive Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License ([http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by](http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by)nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed by the Insights Publisher. Question THE sleep problems of high school students have received extensive attention from educational administration and scholars. China has also successively in troduced a series of related policies to ensure students’ sleep time, such as the“Compulsory Education School Management Standards” and “Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents Implementation Plan.” These documents clearly mention the need to ensure that elementary, middle, and high school students sleep at least 10, 9, and 8 hours a day, respectively. A large number of studies have also confirmed that long-term lack of sleep is harmful to students’ learning ability, academic performance, and physical and mental health (Curcio, 2006; Wolfson, 2003; Fallone, 2002) . However, the implementation effects of these policies are not satisfactory. Against the background of increasing pressure for higher education

FAQs

What does the study investigate about sleep and academic performance?

The study explores the ideal matching mode between students’ sleep time and high academic performance in Chinese high schools and links it to health and educational environment considerations.

What sleep duration is associated with the best academic performance?

The results show that students achieve the best academic performance when they sleep for eight hours or more.

What mechanism does the study propose for schools that sacrifice sleep time?

It establishes a multi-level early warning mechanism and calls for supervised rectification for schools that blindly pursue high grades by reducing students’ sleep.

Oct 15, 2026

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