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	<title>Fulbright U.S. Education Center &#187; High Stakes Academic Tests</title>
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		<title>Revise GRE Introduced in Korea</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2011/08/revise-gre-introduced-in-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2011/08/revise-gre-introduced-in-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vinnie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Education and Testing Services has made the biggest change in its GRE general test in 60 years. Officials of the Korean branch of ETS said that the agency has advanced the test technologically with emphasis on real-world applications. The GRE general test is the most widely adopted test for graduate admission, with 230 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Twist in Korea&#8217;s SAT Scandal</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/02/the-latest-twist-in-koreas-sat-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/02/the-latest-twist-in-koreas-sat-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea's Education Sector]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent scandal affecting SAT testing in Korea has taken a new twist with reports that at least one much sought after SAT instructor was kidnapped and beaten after he tried leaving his private academy for another one.  According to a report in the Joongang Daily, police say that he reported being taken against his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAT Probe by Police Widens</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/sat-probe-by-police-widens/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/sat-probe-by-police-widens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private institutes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some days ago the press reported a scandal in which a Korean language institute instructor was arrested by police after providing copies of an SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) test taken in Bangkok, Thailand,  via e-mail to Korean students who were to take the same test hours later in the United States.  Now The Korea Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English Education Reforms in Korea: A Status Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/english-education-reforms-in-korea-a-status-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/english-education-reforms-in-korea-a-status-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea's Education Sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[English education and English testing have perennially been high profile topics for public discussion in Korea.  That, in and of itself, is not surprising in this country which has built a modern education system almost from scratch in the span of just over half a century.   However, the public discussions these days are especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private lessons to be a liability for entry into Foreign Language High Schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea's Education Sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Joongang Daily today, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced that applicants to foreign language high schools who say they received private education or tutoring will be disadvantaged.  This is the Ministry&#8217;s latest effort to address concerns that changes in the foreign language high school&#8217;s admission process will further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the College Entrance Exam Shapes Korean Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/how-the-college-entrance-exam-shapes-korean-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/how-the-college-entrance-exam-shapes-korean-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times this morning has a very informative article by Robert Dickey that summarizes the continuing strong influence of the university entrance exam (College Scholastic Aptitude Test) on Korean education.   Despite many efforts to change it over the years, &#8220;education inflation,&#8221; &#8220;teaching to the test&#8221; and the like persist.   This article is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSAT Less Crucial than Before</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/csat-less-crucial-than-before/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/csat-less-crucial-than-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in The Korea Times today, the state-run college scholastic ability test, which was administered nationwide yesterday, is generally less crucial than it was in the past.  Colleges these days use their own methods to select students for admission in advance of the CSAT.   A large number of students are accepted during an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consortium Named for Tests to replace TOEFL</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/consortium-named-for-tests-to-replace-toefl/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/consortium-named-for-tests-to-replace-toefl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times today reports that a consortium has been named to organize Korea&#8217;s new government-run English proficiency tests.  The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Wednesday that a group consisting of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and four universities will administer the first grade-level exam of the state tests.  Grade one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>96 Flights Re-scheduled on Exam Day in Korea</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/96-flights-re-scheduled-on-exam-day-in-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/96-flights-re-scheduled-on-exam-day-in-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Stakes Academic Tests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short article in The Korea Times this morning provides another reminder of the high priority this nation places on the college entrance exam.  The headline pretty much tells the story.   A total of 94 domestic flights and two international flights will be re-scheduled this Thursday, when the annual college scholastic ability tests are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Megastudy.net:  Private Test Preparation Online in South Korea</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/megastudynet-private-test-preparation-online-in-south-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/06/megastudynet-private-test-preparation-online-in-south-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyber and online education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Testing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online tutoring service started in the year 2000 was founded by a former tutor at a private education institute.  His inspiration for the company came while watching a home-shopping channel on television and he intended to help reduce the education inequality that is produced when nearly eight in ten students supplement public education with [...]]]></description>
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