The data gathered from questionnaires were used to obtain the feedback from English teacher who taught the tenth grade of Pangudi Luhur St. Yosef
Surakarta Senior High School in 20092010 academic year. These data were used for investigating face validity and content validity of the test. The data were
analyzed by using descriptive analysis.
F. Research Procedure
In this research, the writer designs a set of multiple-choice reading test as an achievement test and investigates the validity of the multiple-choice reading
tests, which are tested in the tenth grade of Pangudi Luhur St. Yosef Surakarta Senior High School. The whole process consists of five steps:
1. Research and Information Collecting
In the first step, research and information collecting involved stage one of Bachman’s and Palmer’s Test Development, that is design by doing library study
and interview. The writer conducted an interview to the participant who was the English teacher who taught the tenth grade of Pangudi Luhur St. Yosef Surakarta
Senior High School in 20092010 academic year. The writer also conducted the library study to obtain some theories of reading, test, design and test development,
and the syllabus and lesson plan of the tenth grade Pangudi Luhur St. Yosef Surakarta Senior High School.
By doing stage one, design, the writer would produce design statement, which covered purpose of the test, description of TLU Target Language Use
domain and task types, characteristics of the test takers, definition of the construct
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s, definition for evaluating the qualities of usefulness, inventory of available resources and plan for their allocation and management.
In research and information collecting, the writer would do interview to find out characteristics of the test takers and library study to obtain some aspects
of design statement. They are purpose of the test, description of TLU Target Language Use domain and task types, definition of the construct s, definition
for evaluating the qualities of usefulness, inventory of available resources and plan for their allocation and management.
2. Planning
In the second step, planning, Borg and Gall 1983: 781 stated that a good plan can help the developer avoid much wasted work during later phases of good
R D cycle. The writer did the planning by doing operationalization, which was included selecting and specifying the materials by conducting library study. After
conducting the selecting and specifying the materials, the writer would be able to make a blueprint of the test.
3. Developing Preliminary Form of Product
Then the writer did the third step which was developing preliminary form of product.” Developing preliminary form of product includes preparation of
instructional materials handbooks, and evaluation devices.” Borg Gall, 1983: 775
In this fourth step, the writer applied the last activity of operationalization, which was writing the test. Bachman and Palmer states that operationalization
involves developing and writing actual test tasks, writing instructions, and
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specifying the procedures for scoring the test. Therefore, in this step the writer made the test, answers, and scoring system.
4. Preliminary Field testing
