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This study analyzed Korean elementary school students’ ‘essential components of reading ability achievement in national curriculum’ and the achievement of students’ reading ability and its empirical application to English education in Korea. Participants consists of 117 students: 53 in grade 4, and 64 in grade 6. After pre-testing them in the essential components of national curriculum, the results were compare and analyzed with the results of DIBELS(Dynamic Indicator Basic Early Literacy Skills) Next. The students showed significant achievements, in reading ability, in terms of the index of national curriculum, but these scores equal to the level of reading ability of kindergarten, grade 1, and benchmark scores in DIBELS Next. The study also showed various broad gaps between participants’ reading achievement scores and the benchmark scores. The study suggests the need for specific diagnosis of reading ability index and the development of curriculum-based measurement in order to propose the essential components of reading in national curriculum.