information from the text; determining accurate quantifiers in the sentence; identifying rhetorical steps in descriptiveprocedure text; identifying communicative
purpose in descriptiveprocedure text; and denoting linguistic features in descriptiveprocedure text.
Indicators on writing skill covering: writing in short functional text in term of instruction, list of things, congratulation, announcement; writing simple sentences;
completing descriptiveprocedure text; jumbling textsentenceword into good arrangement; denoting linguistic features in functional text; writing
descriptiveprocedure text; determining suitable connective of time in the sentence; identifying communicative purpose and rhetorical steps in descriptiveprocedure text;
determining suitable question tag in the sentence; and using language gambits.
C. The Formulation of the Problem
Based on limitation of the problem, the writer formulates the problem in the question below:
Does the English summative test for the first grade students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Annajah Petukangan have high quality on content validity?
D. The Objective of the Study
The objective of the study is to find empirical evidence if the test items of English summative test carried out at the first grade of Madrasah Tsanawiyah
Annajah have high quality on content validity and in line with the school based syllabus.
E. The Method of the Study
Observing and analyzing the English achievement test paper is to know content validity of the test by Comparative Analytic Method that is by comparing
content of the test with the English syllabus and the English curriculum for the first grade of junior high school.
F. The Significance of the Study
The results of this study are expected to contribute to the English teachers, the school’s principal and further researchers. The writer also hopes this paper can
give meaningful input for teachers of English in developing test items that have content validity. Besides, the result of the study is hoped to enrich the teachers
knowledge of English achievement test and it can be used as a reference for the next researchers who are interested in developing similar study. Especially, for writer,
will understand and capable to make a high quality of test items.
