Total Examinees Decreased by 14,000, but Graduates Increased
Slight Decline in Language and Media Compared to June, Increase in Calculus and Geometry Participation Rates
On the 31st, repeat students are taking the September CSAT mock exam at the Jongno Academy Gangbuk Main Branch in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@
[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The proportion of repeat test-takers, including graduates, exceeded 20% in the September mock exam.
On the 28th, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation announced that it will notify test-takers of the scoring results of the '2023 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) September Mock Exam' held on the 31st of last month on the 29th. A total of 387,340 students took the mock exam, of which 308,812 (79.7%) were current students and 78,528 (20.3%) were graduates and repeat test-takers.
Although the total number of test-takers decreased by 14,365 compared to the September mock exam last year, the number of graduates increased by 1,517. Even considering that there were many false test-takers last year who took the mock exam to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination incentives, the number of repeat test-takers this year has significantly increased. This is higher than the 16% proportion of repeat test-takers in the 2021 academic year, and there are forecasts that the proportion of repeat test-takers in the actual CSAT will exceed 30%.
September Mock Exam Subject Selection Rates (Data Provided by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
Regarding the choice of subjects, the participation rate for Korean language was 64.4% for Speech and Writing and 35.6% for Language and Media. This is higher than the 29.9% participation rate for Language and Media in the September mock exam last year, but slightly lower than the 35.9% participation rate in the June mock exam.
The participation rates for math elective subjects were 49.3% for Probability and Statistics, 44.8% for Calculus, and 5.9% for Geometry. In the June mock exam, the rates were 51.5%, 42.8%, and 5.7%, respectively, with only the Probability and Statistics subject seeing a 2.2 percentage point decrease in the September mock exam. The participation rates in the September mock exam last year were 52.8%, 39.3%, and 7.9%, respectively.
The participation rate for science inquiry subjects was 47.4%, up from 46.6% in the September mock exam last year. For social inquiry subjects, the participation rate was 47.83%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than last September.
September Mock Exam Korean, Math Standard Score Highest Points (Data Provided by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
The highest standard score for the Korean language section in the September mock exam was 140 points, which was easier than the 149 points in June and last year's CSAT. The number of students who achieved the highest standard score in Korean was 343, about six times more than the 59 in June.
The highest standard score for the math section was 145 points, lower than the 147 points in the June mock exam and last year's CSAT. The number of students who achieved the highest score was 1,607, a significant increase from 13 in June, but about half of the 2,702 in last year's CSAT.
In the English section, the percentage of students who scored in the top grade was 15.97%, indicating lower discrimination compared to 5.7% in the June mock exam and 10.0% in the CSAT.
Among social inquiry subjects, the highest standard score was in World Geography (70 points), and the lowest were in Life and Ethics, Politics and Law, and Society and Culture, all at 65 points. For science inquiry, Earth Science II (70 points) had the highest standard score, while Chemistry I (67 points), Biology I (67 points), Earth Science I (67 points), and Biology II (67 points) had the lowest.
The September mock exam score report includes standard scores, percentiles, and grades for each section and subject. Scores of 1,177 students who took the exam online were not included in the scoring result analysis. These students will receive separate scores calculated based on the standard scores, percentiles, and grades for each section and subject from the scoring results.
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