한국사능력검정시험 평가체제에 대한 비판적 검토

Abstract

This study aims to provide principles for developing a better evaluation system in the Korean History Competency Test(the Test, in short). To do so, I focus on the domain and tasks which the Tests intend to evaluate. While the Tests have been emphasized regarding the significance and benefits recently, there has been found little research on the reliability and credibility of the Tests. To conduct critical review of the current Test system, I examine national and international cases in the field of history evaluation systems such as 1) national assessments of educational achievement on school-based national history in Korea and the U. S, 2) scholastic aptitude tests in Korea and the U. S., and 3) history competency tests in Korea and Japan. The result of the analysis tells us that evaluation domain and cognitive tasks found in each test should be customized according to the evaluation purpose. The Korean History Competency test, most of all, needs to redefine the scope and levels of Korean history competency and to be classified in terms of its domain and sequence. For this, it would help national-curriculum based learning objectives and evaluation standards from the National Assessment of Educational Achievement criteria. This study also provides several suggestions especially for making the advanced level test items reliable and adequate to the competency level itself. Improving the adequacy and credibility the current Test system, it is also suggested that data related to the evaluation process should be released to professionals who may engage in collaborative efforts to improve the Test system.