Purpose of the Study

whole courses and to find out whether the targets have been accomplished or not. 6 In Indonesia education system itself, the use of test as one of the evaluation tools is not a rare thing in this era, whether Progress achievement test or Final achievement test. There are several kinds of tests used in Indonesia education system. From the daily test, as an example of teacher-made test, up to National Examination or frequently called as UN. UN is a standardized test with national scope created by the government. UN is used as one of the government’s tools to evaluate education system in Indonesia. Based on the definition of Hughes, then we can simply categorized UN as Final achievement test. There are several reasons for why UN is categorized as Final achievement test, those are: - UN is done at the end of the teaching and learning process for every level. Grade 6 th in elementary level, 9 th in junior high school level, and 12 th in senior high school level. - UN’s test is the whole materials that have been taught to the students in each level. - UN is also used as one of the tools to evaluate the education condition in Indonesia for a period. It is also strengthened by the government ’s explanation about UN. The government describes that UN ’s purposes is to measure the level of students’ achievement from elementary up to senior high level in national scope. This definition is explained in PP Peraturan Pemerintah Government’s Decree Republic of Indonesia No. 75 Year 2009 about National Examination. 7 Explicitly the Republic of Indonesia government’s decree No. 19 Year 2005 has explained that UN is the responsibility of our government, because it is an evaluation 6 Arthur Hughes, Testing for Language Teachers, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 13. 7 Salinan Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Nomor 75 Tahun 2009 Tentang Ujian Nasional SMPMTs, SMPLB, SMAMA,SMALB, dan SMK Tahun Pelajaran 20092010.