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The purpose of this study is to compare the linguistic features in reading passages on the national achievement English tests(i.e., mock CSATs) and Korean College Scholastic Ability Tests (CSATs) administered between the 2018 and 2023 academic years. A total of 1,725 passages, including 150 from the CSATs, were analyzed using Coh-Metrix. The results showed that the level of text difficulty, in terms of linguistic features, was configured to go up moderately well from mock CSATs to CSATs. However, some items on mock CSATs contained passages which were more difficult than those on CSATs. Moreover, the level of text difficulty among quarterly conducted mock CSATs, especially for second and third grader students in high school, was found to fluctuate. The findings suggest that a careful attention to text-difficulty is needed for test developers when selecting reading passages for the mock CSATs.