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Journal : REiD (Research and Evaluation in Education)

Determining standard of academic potential based on the Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test (TBS) benchmark Idwin Irma Krisna; Djemari Mardapi; Saifuddin Azwar
REID (Research and Evaluation in Education) Vol 2, No 2 (2016): December
Publisher : Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta & HEPI

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21831/reid.v2i2.8465

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The aim of this article was to classify The Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test or Tes Bakat Skolastik (TBS) results for each subtest and describe scholastic aptitudes in each subtest. The subject of this study was 36,125 prospective students who took the selection test in some universities. Data analysis began by estimating  testees’ ability using the Item Response Theory, and benchmarking process using the scale anchoring method applying ASP.net web server technology. The results of this research are four benchmarks (based on cutoff scores) on each subtest, characters which differentiate potential for each benchmark, and measurement error on each benchmark. The items netted give a description of the scholastic aptitude potential clearly and indicate uniqueness so that it could distinguish difference in potential between a lower bench and a higher bench. At a higher bench, a higher level of reasoning power is required in analyzing and processing needed information so that the individual concerned could do the problem solving with the right solution. The items netted at a lower bench in the three subtests tend to be few so that the error of measurement at such a bench still tends to be higher compared to that at a higher bench.
Parallel tests viewed from the arrangement of item numbers and alternative answers Badrun Kartowagiran; Djemari Mardapi; Dian Normalitasari Purnama; Kriswantoro Kriswantoro
REID (Research and Evaluation in Education) Vol 5, No 2 (2019): December
Publisher : Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta & HEPI

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21831/reid.v5i2.23721

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This research aims to prove that a parallel test can be constructed by randomizing the test item numbers and or alternative answers' order. This study used the experimental method with a post-test only non-equivalent control group design, involving junior high schools students in Yogyakarta City with a sample of 320 students of State Junior High School (SMPN) 5 Yogyakarta and 320 students of SMPN 8 Yogyakarta established using the stratified proportional random sampling technique. The instrument used is a mathematics test in the form of an objective test consisting of a five-question package and each package contains 40 items with four alternatives. The test package is randomized in the item numbers' order from the smallest to the largest and vice versa. The options in each item are also randomized from A to D and vice versa. Each item is analyzed using the Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory approaches, while data analysis is done using the discrimination index with Kruskal-Wallis test technique to see the differences among the five-question packages. The study reveals that the result of item analysis using the Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory approaches shows no significant difference in the difficulty index among Package 1 until Package 5. Nevertheless, according to the Classical Test Theory, there is a category shift of the difficulty index of Package 2 until Package 5 when compared to Package 1 – the original package – which is, in general, not a good package, because it contains too easy items.