<![CDATA[High-level literacy skills, particularly in determining main ideas and providing logical solutions, serve as a crucial foundation for elementary school students. This study aims to describe the difficulty profile of fifth-grade students in determining main ideas and to evaluate the quality of the test instruments used as a basis for instructional improvement. The research method employed is a descriptive quantitative approach involving fifth-grade elementary students as subjects. The research instrument consists of written tests featuring explanatory and narrative texts on environmental and cultural themes, classified based on Bloom's Taxonomy cognitive levels (C1-C6). The results indicate a significant imbalance in ability distribution, with 50% of students falling into the "Needs Guidance" category. Students demonstrated high proficiency (80%-90%) in basic literacy questions at the C1-C2 levels but experienced a drastic decline in scores (below 40%) for C4-C5 level questions requiring the determination of main ideas and logical solutions. The primary cognitive obstacle identified is the students' tendency to copy the first or last sentences of a paragraph without an abstracting process. This study concludes that the developed test instrument possesses a strong introductory power in identifying students' learning obstacles. It is recommended to utilize graphic organizer strategies and scaffolding techniques to assist students in visually mapping text structures.]]>
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