MAGISTRA: Media Pengembangan Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar dan Keislaman
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2026): June | MAGISTRA: Media Pengembangan Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar dan Keislaman

Beyond Mastery: Evaluating Students’ English Writing Achievement Based on Minimum Mastery Criteria in an Islamic Elementary School

Nelly Khoirina (Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia)
Widhiyanto Widhiyanto (Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study evaluates students’ English writing achievement based on Minimum Mastery Criteria (Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal/KKM) in an Indonesian Islamic elementary school. The study addresses the need to critically examine whether students’ attainment of mastery criteria reflects actual writing competence among young learners. Employing a quantitative descriptive evaluation design, the study involved 22 second-grade students whose writing scores were collected through classroom-based assessment records. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques, including mean score calculation, score distribution analysis, and mastery percentage evaluation. The findings reveal that all students achieved the Minimum Mastery Criteria of 75, resulting in a 100% mastery rate with a mean score of 87.36. However, further analysis demonstrates variation in achievement levels, with students distributed across minimum, moderate, and high achievement categories. These findings indicate that although all students met the established mastery threshold, writing competence remained differentiated across learners. The study concludes that KKM-based evaluation is useful for measuring baseline achievement but should not be interpreted as a comprehensive indicator of writing proficiency. Therefore, teachers are encouraged to complement mastery-based assessment with broader evaluation approaches to capture more complex dimensions of students’ writing development.

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MAGISTRA

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Subject

Education

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MAGISTRA: Media Pengembangan Ilmu Pendidikan Dasar dan Keislaman — ISSN (print) 2087-2305. diterbitkan oleh Pusat Kajian dan Pengembangan Ilmu-ilmu Keislaman (PKPI2) Fakultas Agama Islam Universitas Wahid Hasyim Semarang sebagai media pengembangan kajian tentang ilmu-ilmu pendidikan dasar ...