Validity The Characteristic of a Good Test

2. Memahami makna teks fungsional pendek dan teks monolog sederhana bentuk descriptive dan recount untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar. a. Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam teks lisan fungsioinal pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancer, dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar. b. Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam monolog pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancer, dan berterima dengan lingkungan sekitar dalam teks berbentuk descriptive dan recount. Membaca  Standar komptensi 1. Memahami makna tes tertulis fungsional pendek dan esai sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar.  Indikator a. Membaca nyaring bermakna teks tulis fungsional dan esai berbentuk descriptive dan recount pendek sederhana dengan ucapan, tekanan dan intonasi yang berterima berkaitan dengan lingukngan sekitar. b. Merespon makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek sederhana secara akurat lancer dan berterima yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar:  teks fungsional pendek berupa undangan dan pesan singkat.  tata bahasa : request  kosakata : kata terkait, tema dan jenis teks  ungkapan baku : don’t be late don’t miss it c. Merespon makna dan langkah retorika teks tulis esai secara akurat, lancer dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari- hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks berbentuk descriptive dan recount. Menulis  Standar kompetensi 1. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek dan esai sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount untuk berterinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.  Indikator a. Mengungkapkan makna dalam bentuk teks tulis fungsional pendek sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancer, dan berterima dengan lingkungan sekitar. b. Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah-langkah retorika dalam esai pendek secra akurat, lancer, dan berterima dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dalam teks berbentuk recount dan descriptive teks. 20

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Time and Place of the research

To carry out this study, the writer decided to choose PGRI 2 Ciputat. This is located at Tegal rotan Desa Pondok Aren, Kec. PondokAren, Tangerang Selatan.SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat academic year 20132014.

B. Method of Study

In this research the writer used comparative descriptive method. She compared summative test in the syllabus,whether each test items of the summative test for the first year students of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat the indicators as suggested its syllabus on the content validity.The test was measured with the syllabus and indicators especially from reading, writing, and speaking skills. She calculates the result based on the formula of the test analysis. So based on the data and types of information needed of this research, the writer used qualitative research categorized as descriptive analysis. It described the conformity and unconformity of the SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat summative test with the syllabus and indicators.

C. Research Instrument The research instruments are used by the writer in collecting the data were:

1. Paper test booklet The writer ask the English summative test paper from the school. The test items which multiple choice are 30 items number and the items in essays are 5 items. 2. English syllabus and indicators for the second year students of Junior High School. The writer analyzed the test items on the summative test and then conform it to the English syllabus and the indicators.

C. Technique of Data Collecting

The instruments used in collecting the data they are English summative test and English syllabus of the odd semester for the first year students of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat. The English summative test was held on December 2013. The writer focused on reading,writing, and speaking skills because the summative test consists of multiple choice items, essays, and there are some dialogues represent the indicators of reading and writing. D. Technique of Data Analysis To describe the data, the writerdescribes the information about the kinds of the test item which conform to the syllabus and indicators. Then collected the data are analyzed used qualitatively and quantitatively used to determine whether the items of the test have represented to the functional skills. While, the qualitative analysis used to measure the percentage of conformity between content of the test with the functional skills. Quantitative, the data are calculated using the formula: P : Percentage F : Frequency of unconformity N : Number of sample It is used to find how many percent the test items represent the indicators from the syllabus, and how many indicators represented by the test items. F P = ──× 100 N In addition, the writer also compares the percentage with the criteria adopted from Arikunto’s opinion: 76 – 100 = Good 56 – 75 = Sufficient 40 – 55 = Less good 40 = Bad 1 Beside, the writer compared the result of the analysis, whether it has content validity or not, to the result of the interview from the team teachers who made the summative test, if there is relation to the result found. 1 SuharsimiArikunto, ProsedurePenelitian, Jakarta: RinekaCipta. 2003. P.313