U-JET: Unila Journal of English Teaching
Vol 6, No 7 (2017): U-JET

Analyzing the Quality of the Final Semester Test at the Second Grade of SMPN 2 Sumberejo in 2016/2017 Academic Year

Nurul Amanah (Lampung University)
Ujang Suparman (Lampung University)
Ramlan Ginting Suka (Lampung University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2017

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi: validitas, keandalan, tingkat kesulitan, daya beda dan kualitas pilihan di SMP Negeri 2 Sumberejo di tahun ajaran 2016/2017. Peneliti meneliti ujian akhir semester yang berjumlah 50 soal. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa validitas konstruknya valid, validitas isinya valid, dan validitas mukanya tidak valid. Keandalan (alpha) adalah 0.592. Tingkat kesulitan tes terdiri dari 22 item (44%) diterima, 21 item (42%) perlu diperbaiki, 7 item (14%) perlu dibuang. Daya beda terdiri dari 15 item (30%) diterima, 12 item (24%) perlu dibuang, dan 23 item (46%) perlu dicek. Kualitas pilihan adalah 26 pilihan (15%) diterima, 89 pilihan (85%) perlu diperbaiki dan perlu dibuang. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa kualitas soal tersebut sedang.The objectives of this research are to identify the validity, the reliability, the level of difficulty, the discriminating power andthe quality of the alternatives of the final semester test at the second year of SMP Negeri 2 Sumberejo in 2016/2017 academic year. The researcher investigated the final semester test which consisted of 50 items. The result shows that the construct validity is valid, the content validity is valid, but the face validity is not valid. The reliability is 0.592 or in average level. The level of difficulty of the test which consists of 22 items (44%) is acceptable, 21 items (42%) need revising, and 7 items (14%) should be dropped. The discriminating power which consists of 15 items (30%) is acceptable, 12 items (24%) are need revising, and 23 items (4%) need dropping. The quality of the alternatives is 26 options (15%) acceptable, 89 options (85%) need revising and need dropping. In general, it shows that the quality of the test is moderate.Keywords: quality of the alternatives, reliability, validity.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

123

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Ujet is a quarterly journal (March, June, September and December) published by the English Language Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung. It addresses a wide range of different fields in English teaching and ...