초등학교 영어 국가수준 학업성취도 평가 연구

A study on the National Assessment of Educational Achievement in primary English

  The aim of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) is to provide specific and reliable resources required for the diagnosis and quality control of teaching and learning by measuring the level of students’ achievement based on the national curriculum. A pilot test was administered for devising a more integrated and reliable test. For the main test, approximately 1% of students among the entire population of grade 6 were randomly selected. The test results were graded by four levels: Advanced, Proficient, Basic and Below-basic. The full analysis of the NAEA 2004 in English shows that the majority of grade 6 students were labeled as proficient level. This shows that the achievement level has slightly improved, compared with that of 2003. The results also demonstrated significant differences in achievement scores according to gender and region. Female students achieved higher scores than male students. Students in small towns and rural areas obtained significantly lower scores in all four skills of English than those in metropolitans and cities. These findings were similar to those of 2003. Based on these findings, some suggestions are made for amendments of the national curriculum and educational policies.