Busan Office of Education Conducts First Nationwide Joint Academic Assessment for High School Students This Year

Busan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct the first nationwide academic achievement evaluation of the year, the academic achievement test, for high school 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students on the 24th.

The academic achievement test aims to improve high school students' adaptability to the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), and to enhance self-directed learning ability through academic diagnosis and achievement analysis.

The academic achievement test will be held by 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide. In Busan, 21,092 first-year high school students, 21,866 second-year students, and 23,954 third-year students from 110 high schools in the district will take the test.

This year, following the Ministry of Education's policy for normal school attendance, all grades will attend school and take the test on the same day for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19.

To resolve the issue of crowding during lunchtime caused by the simultaneous testing of three grades, the break time after the first period Korean language test will be reduced from 20 minutes to 10 minutes.

The reduced 10-minute break time will be added to lunchtime, adjusting it from the existing 50 minutes to 60 minutes.

Students who are in isolation due to COVID-19 infection can download the test questions in real-time on the day of the test through the nationwide academic achievement evaluation online system and take the test. However, scores will not be processed for those taking the test from home.

Third-year high school students will take the test in the same format as the CSAT, which was first implemented last year.

In this evaluation, Science Inquiry II, Vocational Inquiry, and second foreign language/Chinese characters subjects will not be administered.

The Korean language and mathematics sections will follow a 'common subject + elective subject' structure, where students take the common subject along with one elective subject.

Korean history is mandatory, and in the social/science inquiry section, students can take up to two subjects out of 17 subjects regardless of their academic track.

Individual student scores from the academic achievement test will be provided through their current schools from April 14 to May 12.

Kwon Hyuk-je, Director of Secondary Education at the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, "For third-year students, the academic achievement test is the starting point for the 2023 college entrance strategy, so it will be a good opportunity to develop time management and test adaptability."

Director Kwon added, "Checking your achievement through the evaluation and identifying areas for improvement by subject to establish a study plan will be helpful for college entrance."

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