College Scholastic Ability Test:

• assesses higher-order thinking skills along with student comprehension of Language Arts, English, and area-specific knowledge in subjects such as Mathematics, Korean History, Inquiry (Social Studies, Science, or Vocational Education), and Foreign Language/Classical Chinese.
• provides reliable data for college admissions.
• seeks to positively impact teaching and learning practices in high schools through standardized testing benchmarks.

Candidates OUGHT TO:

• take Korean History as a compulsory subject and failing to sit for the exam will result in the cancellation of the CSAT score report.

Candidates MAY:

• take all or some of the tests in five study areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, English, Inquiry(Social Studies, Science, or Vocational Education), and Foreign Language/Classical Chinese.
• take one common subject and one elective subject for each area in Language Arts and Mathematics.
• take up to two subjects out of 17 subjects in Social Studies and Science.
• take one or two subjects in Vocational Education.
  • Case 1: One from five elective subjects
  • Case 2: One common subject and one elective subject
• take one out of nine subjects in Foreign Language/Classical Chinese.

CSAT consists of six tests which cover the subjects of various fields as followed:

• Students are required to be present in the designated room by 08:10.
• From the second session onwards, students are to be present in the room 10 minutes prior to the start of the examination block.
• During the English examination session, a listening test will be administered at 13:10 and will last approximately 25 minutes.

Only the level will be provided on Korean History, English, and Foreign Language/Classical Chinese.

• The levels represent the degree of achievement on the subject.
• The levels, ranging from 1 to 9, are determined by dividing raw scores with fixed cut scores.

The table below represents the CSAT standard score, calculated with the linear transformation method.

• Language Arts and Mathematics have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 20.
• Social Studies, Science, and Vocational Education have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.

* The numbers represent the number of items in each subject, maximum raw score, and standard score.

** Range = (test or subject mean) ± 5 X (test or subject standard deviation).

• CSAT Score Report contains the student information, subject test taken, standard score, percentile rank, and grades for each subject test.
• The percentile is a comparison score between a particular students' score and the scores of the rest of the group. It shows the percentage of students whose scores fell below the student in concern.
• For Language Arts, Mathematics, and Inquiry Areas, ‘Level’ refer to the stanine score, where the raw score is scaled on a nine-point standard scale. Level 1 is the highest level and Level 9 is the lowest level.
• The level of Korean History and Foreign Languages/Classical Chinese is determined by taking raw scores in five-point increments while that of English is determined by ten-point increments. For instance, English raw scores within 90 and 100 are Level 1, scores within 80 and 89 are Level 2, and so on through Level 9. As for Korean History, scores within 40 and 50 are Level 1, scores within 35 and 39 are Level 2, and so on through Level 9. As for Foreign Languages/Classical Chinese, scores within 45 and 50 are Level 1, scores within 40 and 44 are Level 2, and so on through Level 9.

2022 CSAT Score Report(Sample)