It was pointed out that eight questions in the mathematics area of the 2023 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), which was taken on the 17th of last month, were out of the current high school level.
In response to this claim, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (Evaluation Institute) refuted that there was no problem outside the curriculum.
On the 8th at 11:00 a.m. at 11:00 a.m. on the 8th, Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Min-jeong and a world without worrying about private education (Worrying about Private Education), an educational civic group, held a press conference and announced the ‘analysis results of math questions for the SAT’.
In order to analyze this, Private Education Worry explained that from the 18th to the 28th of last month, 11 math teachers and two curriculum experts had two or three question analysis meetings and a synthesis of the opinions of the majority.
Out of the 46 math problems, if any of the ‘curriculum achievement standards or evaluation standards’ were out of place, contents not specified in these questions were presented, or contents of university courses were presented, it was judged to be beyond the high school level.
As a result of the analysis, Concern for Private Education said, “Eight out of a total of 46 questions in mathematics for this year’s CSAT (17.4%) were judged to be outside the level and scope of the high school curriculum.”
The questions beyond the high school level were 6 questions in common subjects (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22) and 2 questions in elective subjects. All 2 questions of elective subjects were calculus (Nos. 28 and 30).
In particular, regarding the 30th calculus problem, he pointed out that “the rate of incorrect answers reached 94.3% (EBS), and only 5 out of 100 people got it right.”
In the ‘Evaluation Methods and Precautions for Curriculum’, private tutoring worry states, “We do not deal with overly complicated problems in the use of various methods of differentiation and derivatives.” “The function h(x) given to the problem is It is a very complicated function made up of composites of exponential functions, and the process of differentiating composite functions is also very complicated.”
Regarding the analysis results, the private education concern said, “The state itself admits that it is impossible to prepare for the CSAT by simply learning in normal classes in public education.” It will lead to collapse,” he said.
At the same time, he urged the Ministry of Education to take measures to prevent questions that are outside the high school curriculum.
Concerns about private education first suggested that the composition of the CSAT test team be changed from current professor-centered to field teacher-centered. It was argued that it is desirable for teachers with high understanding of the field to be in charge of the questions, and for professors and experts to be in charge of the review stage that requires academic rigor.
I thought that the size of the ‘high difficulty item review committee’, which was newly established this year, should also be increased.
Concerns about private education “expanded the number of reviewers from 5 to 6 in each group for national, mathematics, and English, and 5 to 6 in each group for social studies and science research to a maximum of 6 or more for all subjects to match the high school curriculum for all issues, not just the difficulty level. It should be reviewed,” he said.
They also urged the swift passage of the amendment to the Preceding Education Regulations Act proposed by Rep. Kang Min-jung in September of last year. The amendment stipulates that a prior impact assessment is conducted on whether or not to induce prior learning, just like the college entrance exam, and the result is reflected in the corresponding year’s college entrance exam.
On the other hand, the institute’s scholastic ability test headquarters explained that there were no questions that contained content that was not taught in high school.
At the 2023 CSAT scoring briefing held at the Sejong Government Complex this morning, Hyung-joo Moon, head of the CSAT Headquarters of the Evaluation Institute, said, “We say that it is a violation of the curriculum when there is content that has not been learned or taught in high school.”
He continued, “Tomorrow (9th), the basis for the curriculum for each question will be revealed on our homepage,” and added, “We are currently confirming that there was no violation of the curriculum.”
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