학생부종합전형 쟁점 분석: 학종 입학생들의 소득 수준 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the 'Comprehensive Admission by School Performance Records' works as an admission system for extending the educational opportunities of students from low-income families or not, and to analyze how well the ‘College Scholastic Ability Test(CSAT)’ estimates students' own efforts and abilities. For this, we compared the levels of family income of the students entered through the 'Comprehensive Admission by School Performance Records', except for those entered through the admission process for the lower-class opportunity expansion', and the students entered through the 'CSAT-centered Admission System'. We also reexamined several factors affecting the CSAT and the CSAT-centered Admission System. Findings showed the following two points; First, the 'Comprehensive Admission by School Performance Records' was not more favorable to the students from low-income families in getting college admission, compared with those from high-income families. Especially, at major three universities located in Seoul city, no difference between the students entered through the 'Comprehensive Admission by School Performance Records' and those entered through the 'CSAT-centered Admission System' was found in their family-income levels. Second, when the variable of parents' education level affecting students' academic achievement is included, the influence of family incomes over students' CSAT scores disappeared. Moreover, the hours that students spent for private-tutoring hardly affected their CSAT scores. Instead of it, students' personal study time more affected their CSAT scores. Therefore, we found that the 'CSAT-centered Admission System', rather than the 'Comprehensive Admission by School Performance Records', could be the selection criterion where students' own efforts and abilities could be more accurately evaluated.