Busan Office of Education Implements Busan-style Academic Achievement Assessment (BEST)

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct the ‘Busan-type Academic Achievement Assessment (BEST)’ for first-year middle school students from the 18th until October 11.

This assessment is the first of its kind nationwide to be administered by the education office as a computer-based test (CBT) academic achievement evaluation.

The assessment targets first-year middle school students, for whom there is insufficient quantitative data on academic levels, and all middle schools in Busan will select the test date according to their academic schedules within the given period.

The subjects assessed are Korean, Mathematics, and English, and students will participate using tablet PCs that have already been distributed. The Busan Institute of Academic Development provided two opportunities for students to experience the computer-based test items in advance to increase their familiarity.

Busan Office of Education.

The results of the assessment can be directly checked by the students themselves, homeroom teachers, and subject representatives of each school on the Busan Academic Achievement Support System (BASS) website after October 18. The site provides information such as achievement levels by subject, achievement rates by domain, achievement rates by competency, and converted scores.

Additionally, BASS is automatically linked to allow students to review the questions they answered, correct and incorrect responses, and item explanations on the BASS site. Through various lectures and formative assessments available as learning content on BASS, students can independently improve their academic skills.

Lee Sang-yul, Director of the Busan Institute of Academic Development, stated, “The Busan-type Academic Achievement Assessment supports self-directed learning by providing data-based individualized feedback materials and AI lectures.” He added, “The Busan-type Academic Achievement Assessment and the Busan Academic Achievement Support System will greatly help students improve their academic performance.”

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