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checklist was employed to check the validity of the listening test items and reading test items compared with the test specifications on the blueprints. The last
checklist was used to check the authenticity of the listening and reading test items. The techniques on analyzing the data were described as follows.
1. A checklist to check the validity of the test specifications
The checklist was employed to ensure whether or not the Graduate Competence Standard
Standard Kompetensi Lulusan
meets appropriateness to Competence Standard and Basic Competence of Senior High School grades 10
th
up to 12
th
.
Table 3.1 The Sample of Test Specification Validation Checklist
No. Competence Standard
Basic Competence Graduate
Competence Standard
Listening
1. Transactional and
Interpersonal conversations 2.
Transactional and Interpersonal conversations
in formal and sustained situation
3. Transactional and
Interpersonal conversations in formal and sustained
situation
4. Short functional texts and
simple monologue texts
Reading
5. Short functional texts and
simple essays
The checklist was elaborated into two parts namely listening section and reading section since the measured skills in National Examination are both listening and
reading skills. Each section had four columns; the first column was for the numbers, the second column consisted of lesson objectives and materials topics
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taken from Competence Standard four material topics for listening skills and one material topic for reading skills. The third column consisted of the lesson
objectives and material topics taken from Basic Competence for the listening or reading skills four material topics for listening skill and one material topic for
reading skill. After the third column, there was the last column which was to put the Graduate Competence Standard
Standard Kompetensi Lulusan
. In order to make the illustration clearer, the checklist could be seen in appendix four on pages
104 up to 105. The checklists were filled by ticking
on the last column which represented the appropriateness between Graduate Competence Standard and both
Competence Standard and Basic Competence. If one of the boxes on Graduate Competence Standard’s column was not ticked, it meant that the criteria on
Competence Standard and Basic Competence of Senior High School grade XII were not stated in the Graduate Competence Standard
Standard Kompetensi Lulusan
. Giving tick on the boxes means that the criteria on Competence
Standard and Basic Competence of Senior High School grade XII were stated in the Graduate Competence Standard
Standard Kompetensi Lulusan
. After comparing the blueprints, the researcher later calculated the result. The final result
was presented into percentage.
2. Checklists to check the content validity of English Items on listening and
