Rethinking the Standardized Test: The Pursuit of Diversity and Standardization

摘要

There are growing concerns that the national policy of student assessment may lead to increased competitions between schools and prevent schools from maintaining diverse and creative curriculum for well-rounded education in Korea. The primary purpose of the study is to provide a brief understanding of Korea's national assessment policy and introduce two cases in which schools have successfully pursued both educational goals simultaneously – improving test scores in basic subjects and maintaining diverse and creative curriculums for well-rounded education.