[단독] The 23rd pass in English for the CSAT, private mock test and ‘parity controversy’

In the English section of the 2023 College Scholastic Ability Test, almost the same fingerprints as private mock test questions are presented, causing controversy.

Summarizing the coverage of education such as the entrance exam academy, the controversial question is number 23 in the English section of this year’s SAT, which is a 3-point question that reads the presented text and infers the core content .

However, the fingerprint was found to be the same as the fingerprint in the English mock test given by a top instructor at A Academy, a famous academy for the entrance exam, before the exam, except for one sentence .

The common fingerprints appear to have been extracted from page 79 of the book ‘Too Much Information’ published in 2020 by Cass Sunstein, an American jurist and professor at Harvard Law School.

In this regard, the Korean Curriculum and Assessment Institute, which submitted the CSAT, posted objection questions and answers on the bulletin board, such as “Is it possible for committee members who have to check all materials on the market to submit the same problem like this?” I chose the correct answer without reading it.”

Furthermore, criticisms were raised to expel the examination board member permanently, saying, “It is an act of putting a knife into the back of many students who have to risk their lives for the exam.”

In last year’s CSAT, an error occurred in question number 20 of the Life Science II Science Exploration Area, and all test takers for the subject received a correct answer, and the head of the Assessment Center resigned, taking responsibility for the situation.

Since then, the assessment institute has extended the exam question period by an additional two days this year and increased the number of Audit Advisory Board members by 11 more than before in the survey area. .