Korea Reading List: Education
Kimberlee Everson
These works focus on educational assessment and accountability, the impact of the family on
outcomes, student stress, and the achievement gap in South Korea.
Blazer, C. (2012). Is South Korea a case of high-stakes testing gone too far? Information Capsule, 1107,
1-7. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED536521.pdf.
Byun, S-Y., Kim, K.-K., & Park, H. (2012). School choice and educational inequality in South Korea.
Journal of School Choice: Research, Theory, and Reform, 6, 158-183.
Choi, JK., Lee, D., & Jung, E. (2012). Including students with disabilities in national academic
assessments in Korea. Asia Pacific Educational Review, 13, 741-756.
Chong, J. L., Kim, Y., & Byun, S.-Y. (2012). The rise of Korean education from the ashes of the Korean
War. Prospects, 42(3), 303-318.
Jang, S. T. (2014). The effectiveness of tying teacher accountability policy to student performance in
South Korea. Presentation at the Association of Education Policy and Finance, San Antonio, TX.
Retrieved
from http://www.aefpweb.org/sites/default/files/webform/39th/The%20Effectiveness%20of%2
0Tying%20Teacher%20Accountability%20Policy%20to%20Student%20Performance%20in%20So
uth%20Korea%20(Sung%20Tae%20Jang).pdf
Jong-Hyo, P., & Hyeryung, J., (2010). A study to explore characteristics and determinant factors of
participation in lifelong learning for the underprivileged. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy,
7(2010), 335-354.
Kang, S.-W. (2010). Multicultural education and the rights to education of migrant children in South
Korea. Educational Review, 62(3), 287-300.
Kim, D. (2002). What do high school students and their parents expect from higher education? A case
study of South Korea. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 24(2), 183-196.
Kim, T., Lee, J.-H., & Lee, Y. (2008). Mixing versus sorting in schooling: Evidence from the equalization
policy in South Korea. Economics of Education Review, 27, 697-711.
Kim, Y.-W. (2014). Inclusive education in South Korea. International Journal of Inclusive Education,
18(10), 979-990.
Kwon, S. K., Lee, M., & Shin, D. (2015). Educational assessment in the Republic of Korea: lights and
shadows of high-stake exam-based education system. Assessment in Education: Principles,
Policy, & Practice, 1-18.
Lee, B. J., Hyun, S., J., & Lim, S. H. (2014). The effects of private tutoring and parenting behaviors on
children’s academic achievement in Korea: Are there differences between low- and high-income
groups? KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 11(2014), 163-178.
Lee, J., & Park, D. (2014). Do American and Korean education systems converge? Tracking school reform
policies and outcomes in Korea and the USA. Asia Pacific Educational Review, 15, 391-399.
Lee, S., & Shouse, R. C. (2008). Is education fever treatable? Case studies of first-year Korean students in
an American university. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 5(2008), 113-132.
Lee, Y. (2010). Views on education and achievement: Finland’s story of success and South Korea’s story
of decline. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 10(2010), 379-401.
Park, H.-J. (2008). Korean perspectives on assessment of student achievement. Educational Studies in
Japan: International Yearbook, 3, 17-25.
Seth, M. J. (2002). Education Fever: Society, Politics, and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea.
Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press.
Sohn, H., Lee, D., Jang, S., & Kim, T. K. (2010). Longitudinal relationship among private tutoring, studentparent conversation, and student achievement. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 7(2010), 2341.
Williams, J. H., & Engel, L. C. (2013). How do other countries evaluate teachers? Kappan Magazine,
94(4), 53-57.