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Comparing the Reading Demand of the English CSAT and English Textbooks in the Republic of Korea

Resource Type:
Research Brief
Resource Tags:
English Language Learners
International Assessment
Lexile

By Heather Koons, Ph.D., Laura Bush, and Eleanor E. Sanford-Moore, Ph.D. on

Abstract

The study examined the text complexity of passages from the Republic of Korea’s English College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) administered in 2015. The results were then compared to the findings of a previous study of primary and secondary English textbook complexity. The primary research question investigated was whether text complexity varied from secondary school, especially Grade 12, to the English College Scholastic Ability Test.

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