{
  "id": 14384903,
  "title": "7 in 10 teachers oppose CSAT essay questions over grading disputes, AI concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/7-in-10-teachers-oppose-csat-essay-questions-over-grading-disputes-ai",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261014/7-in-10-teachers-oppose-csat-essay-questions-over-grading-disputes-ai-concerns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Secondary School Teachers’ Union has released a casebook detailing the difficulties that may arise when implementing written-response and essay questions in Korea’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), potentially facilitated by artificial intelligence (AI) grading. This comes after two prominent incidents in which grading disputes over CSAT essay questions have led to demands for full marks and subsequent lawsuits. A recent survey of 2,427 middle and high school teachers across the nation reveals that the prevalence of grading disputes has led many educators to favor questions with predetermined answers. These teachers express concern that the introduction of essay-based assessments could exacerbate disputes and heighten their workload. Many teachers grappled with the challenge of balancing the promotion of diverse, well-reasoned answers with the creation of grading criteria that could withstand criticism. One English teacher reported that a particular dispute led to an email exchange with a professor at an American university demanding full marks for a written English answer.",
  "summary": "A parent demands full marks for a written English answer, citing an email from a professor at an American university. In another case, a private academy challenged an English test score, and the dispute later led to a lawsuit over partial credit. These incidents, described in a casebook recently released by the National Secondary School Teachers’ Union, show the challenges facing discussions…",
  "key_points": [
    "70% of teachers oppose CSAT essay questions due to grading disputes.",
    "AI grading concerns exacerbate grading disputes over essay questions.",
    "Survey of 2,427 teachers highlights workload concerns and diverse answer management."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The widespread preference for predetermined answers reflects a growing defensive stance among educators seeking to avoid the legal volatility and increased workloads associated with subjective essay grading.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}