In the June mock evaluation for the 2027 College Scholastic Ability Test held on the 4th, Korean and English were analyzed to be easier than last year's CSAT, while math was at a level similar to last year's CSAT.
Han Byung-hoon, a teacher at Yesan Girls' High School who handled the analysis of the Korean section, said at a briefing held at the Government Complex Sejong on the morning of the day, "The overall question-setting trend is similar to last year's CSAT, and the difficulty is easier than last year's CSAT and similar to last June's mock evaluation."
Han said, "Passages with an appropriate amount of information and uncomplicated structure were presented," adding, "It was possible to sufficiently identify in the passages the information needed to solve the questions." Questions 13 and 15 in the reading section and questions 20 and 24 in the literature section were cited as discriminatory items. The linkage rate was 50% or more, with all four reading passages and four of the eight literature passages drawn from the EBS CSAT-linked textbooks.
The math section was overall at a level similar to last year's CSAT. Nam Chi-yeol, a teacher at Baekseok High School who handled the analysis, said, "While maintaining a question-setting approach based on conceptual understanding, we also secured discrimination," adding, "Many items were set to evenly distinguish mid- to upper-level students." Question 22 in Mathematics I of the common subject, question 21 in Mathematics II, and question 28 in each elective subject were cited as major discriminatory items. EBS linkage consisted of 11 questions in the common subject and 4 questions in each elective subject.
The English section was analyzed to have a slightly lower level of difficulty than last year's CSAT. Although last year's CSAT English was absolutely graded, the proportion of students earning the top grade was only 3.11%, sparking controversy over a so-called "killer CSAT."
Kim Ye-ryeong, a teacher at Daewon Foreign Language High School who handled the analysis, said, "No new item types were presented, and the test consisted of items that students who faithfully participated in school classes could solve." Questions 33 and 34, which were blank inference types, and questions 36 and 37, which were passage order arrangement types, were cited as discriminatory items. There were 25 EBS-linked questions in total, with 15 in listening/speaking and 10 in reading/writing.