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”Evaluation may be defined as a systematic process of determining the extent to which instructional objectives are achieved by pupils”.
In constructing a test, we have to consider some criteria: the characteristics and the scope of the material, the materials have to be appropriate to the
curriculum, the construction of the test has to use clear construction, and the language of the test do not ambiguous.
The purpose of administering the test is to find out the achievement of the students of an educational stage and a certain educational level using the
measurement instrument. The evaluation has to be done based on the national curriculum, and the result will give some information about the quality of
educational in each and every level.
1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic
The followings are the reasons for choosing the topic: 1 Test is a means to measure the students’ achievement of the teaching
learning program in each term. 2 A good test can help create positive students a sense of accomplishment.
3 A good test should represent the objectives of the unit on which the assessment is based.
4 A good test should require the student to perform task that were included in the previous classroom lesson.
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1.3 Statement of the Problem
Are the English summative test items for the VIII grade students in the second semester of SMP in Batang in the academic year of 20092010 well
constructed?
1.4 Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to examine whether the English multiple choice summative test items for the eighth grade students in the second semester
of SMP in Batang in the academic year of 20092010 has good construction based on Gronlund’s criteria.
1.5 Significance of the Study
There are some advantages of this study are as stated below: 1 It can improve the teacher’s ability in constructing test item and the teacher
can apply the result of the study as reference when they want to analyze the test items.
2 This study is also beneficial for the students to make their study more effective with regard to the right materials.
3 It gives further evaluation to the test made by the government.
1.6 Outline of the Study
This final project is divided into five chapters. Chapter I, introduction, consists of background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statement of
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the problem, objective of the study, significance of the study, and outline of the research study.
Chapter II discusses review of related literature used in this study. It consists of review of the previous studies, review of theoretical studies, and
theoretical framework. Chapter III deals with methodology of the study. It presents the research
design, object of the study, type of data, method of collecting data, and the procedure of analyzing data.
Chapter IV shows the result of the investigation which contains the discussion and the final result of the item analysis.
Chapter V gives the conclusion of the study and some suggestions on the basis of the research finding.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
