High School is classified into elementary and mid education levels. Junior high school has the same level with Madrasah Tsanawiyah MTs. Moreover, the
purpose of junior high school is to prepare students to continue their education to senior or vocational high school level. The first level of junior high school is
grade 7
th
, second is grade 8
th
, the highest level is grade 9
th
. Each grade is achieved in one year or two semesters.
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
This part shows the theories used by the researcher. Moreover, there are two theoretical part, namely theoretical description and theoretical framework. In
addition, previous studies are also reviewed. The previous studies provide related issues, additional theories, and additional sources related to the topic of this
research. Besides, theoretical description presents the relevant theories related to the research topic. Furthermore, the theoretical framework summarizes all
relevant theories which help the researcher in conducting this research.
A. Previous Studies
Principles of assessment has been used as the main instruments of researches related to the education problems. Principles of assessment which
widely used in researches consist of five elements, namely practicality, reliability, validity, authenticity, and washback. There are five studies used by the researcher
to support this research. From those studies, the researcher also shows the different between the researcher’s research and those five studies so that the
researcher is able to show the uniqueness of this research. The five previous studies used by the researchers used the principles of
assessment in national examination as the main topic. All of the studies used qualitative inquiry or well-known as document analysis or content analysis.
Moreover, most of the research dominantly used words to explain and elaborate the results. Numbers are also used to complete the results. Besides, the objects of
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