Educational Assessment in the Republic of Korea: Lights and Shadows of High-Stake Exam-Based Education System

Autor/inn/en	Kwon, Suh Keong; Lee, Moonbok; Shin, Dongkwang
Titel	Educational Assessment in the Republic of Korea: Lights and Shadows of High-Stake Exam-Based Education System
Quelle	In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 24 (2017) 1, S.60-77 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-594X
DOI	10.1080/0969594X.2015.1074540
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Assessment; High Stakes Tests; College Entrance Examinations; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Formative Evaluation; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; College Admission; Educational History; Stakeholders; Social Problems; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Aufnahmeprüfung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Educational assessment in the Republic of Korea reflects social and cultural perspectives, as most assessments are considered as a "gatekeeper" of one's success in life, in terms of entering an elite school or having a better career. This paper presents a profile of the education system, especially focusing on the college entrance examination system in the Republic of Korea, and discusses the washback effect of the high-stake exam, the College Scholastic Ability Test, on stakeholders and the entire society. Furthermore, this paper will discuss the ways to improve the education policy, particularly the college entrance system, with emphasis on implications for future assessment reform from a standardised high-stake test to move towards the formative assessment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01