Tests are often used for pedagogical purposes, either as a mean of motivating students to study or as a means to review materials taught. Students usually tend to
study harder when they are going to have an examination rather than when they are not and they will emphasize on studying the study materials that they expect to be tested.
Thus, if the teacher announces that they are going to have an examination, most students are motivated to review the material assigned.
As a means to measure students’ achievement in learning process, a test should be constructed well. So that it is able to distinguish between the students who have
studied well and those who have not. Based on the reality above, the writer would like to analyze the difficulty level
of English Achievement Test Items for Elementary level case study at New Concept English Education Center, Pamulang, Tangerang as the subject of her paper.
B. Statement of the Problem
The statement of problem in this research report is as follows: “How is the difficulty level of the items of New Concept English Education Center achievement test
for Elementary Level 2?”
C. Limitation of the problem
The writer limits the analysis on achievement test items. The students in this research are the students of New Concept English Education Center at the Elementary
Level 2.
D. Objective of the Study
The analysis is done to measure the achievement test quality and the writer would like to know the difficulty level of each item. The writer will analyze it. As the
follow up of the research she offers a revision of each weak item. And the writer hopes this writing is useful for herself and anyone who is interesting in the teaching and
learning process.
E. Method of the Study
In the process of writing this paper, the writer did the field research: taking the students’ achievement test, analyzing the items and correcting the students’ items.
F. Organization of Writing
The writing is systematically divided into four chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction. This chapter contains of background of the study,
statement of the problem, limitation of the problem, objective of the study, method of the study, and organization of writing.
Chapter II discusses the theoretical framework divided into two parts: test that contains theory of a test, types of test and types of test item. And item analysis that
contains definition of item analysis, difficulty level, and the importance of item analysis.
Chapter III deals with a research methodology and findings. For the research methodology consists of purpose of research, place and time of the research, technique
of sample taking, technique of data collecting, and technique of data analysis. In addition, for the research finding consists of the description of data and the
interpretation of data. Chapter IV contains conclusion and suggestion.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Test
