An evaluation on the construction of the 1988-1989 English summative test of the first grade of SMA Dapena I - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository
CliAP'fER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
The Indonesian Senior High Schools have, for
many
years, been
Test
at
the
Summative
before
administering
end of
Test for the
the
end
each
English
even semester is
of the school
year
purpose
to measure the students'
English
materials taught i.n t,he class
their
SummativeThe
semester.
administered
with
a
measure
of
the
main
the
assigning
achievement
The English Summative Test can,
considered
the
for
the minimum passing level "lill be assigned
grade.
English
achievements of
grades. Those whose extent of
extent
so
pass
to a higher
therefore,
of
be
student's
achievement in their English subject.
In
short, it
Summative
taught
Test
at
is essential that
the
should really evaluate what
English
bas
the class as it has been arranged
in
been
the
syllabus.
The
basis
of
ernphas h; ed
impor-tance of using U-w syllabus
as
test planning anr:i item construction is
by
Alan
Davies
who
says
t,he
also
tJmt:
2.
..
" ..... achievement tests are entirely
dependent on the syll abu~.;
and that;
therefore,
discussion of ttlelll must
take the syllabus
into
account,
otherwise such
discussion
is
a
trivial
considerat.ion of
test;ing
techniques."l
In
addition to the st·.atement above,
principles
to
especially
in
constructing
of an object-ive test.
be followed as
test
.follow
t.bere
the
items,
These principles must.
closely as possible as it will
reliability
are
which is a prior condition
enhance
to
test.
validity.
1988-1989 Final Engli:sh Surrunative Test
The
t~
for
first grade students of SMA Dapena I is in the form
of
with
both
five
reading
Test
objective i terns,
options,
1.
e. mul t;iple
choice·· items
and su.)jective items based on
the
passages. Fui·therrnYlahu!s,
to show mastery of a particular
e.g. end-of-year-test,
ln
a
material.
2. Achievement
designed
mastery of
measure
It is objective
predet;8rmined ·
in
terms
of
freedom
of
scoring.
4.
Subjective
Test:
a
test which
gives
response to the students.
5. Multiple-Choice
·'·contains
a
Item:
an
object.i ve
i t;em
stem, one correct option and
which
three
or
four distractors and the
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
The Indonesian Senior High Schools have, for
many
years, been
Test
at
the
Summative
before
administering
end of
Test for the
the
end
each
English
even semester is
of the school
year
purpose
to measure the students'
English
materials taught i.n t,he class
their
SummativeThe
semester.
administered
with
a
measure
of
the
main
the
assigning
achievement
The English Summative Test can,
considered
the
for
the minimum passing level "lill be assigned
grade.
English
achievements of
grades. Those whose extent of
extent
so
pass
to a higher
therefore,
of
be
student's
achievement in their English subject.
In
short, it
Summative
taught
Test
at
is essential that
the
should really evaluate what
English
bas
the class as it has been arranged
in
been
the
syllabus.
The
basis
of
ernphas h; ed
impor-tance of using U-w syllabus
as
test planning anr:i item construction is
by
Alan
Davies
who
says
t,he
also
tJmt:
2.
..
" ..... achievement tests are entirely
dependent on the syll abu~.;
and that;
therefore,
discussion of ttlelll must
take the syllabus
into
account,
otherwise such
discussion
is
a
trivial
considerat.ion of
test;ing
techniques."l
In
addition to the st·.atement above,
principles
to
especially
in
constructing
of an object-ive test.
be followed as
test
.follow
t.bere
the
items,
These principles must.
closely as possible as it will
reliability
are
which is a prior condition
enhance
to
test.
validity.
1988-1989 Final Engli:sh Surrunative Test
The
t~
for
first grade students of SMA Dapena I is in the form
of
with
both
five
reading
Test
objective i terns,
options,
1.
e. mul t;iple
choice·· items
and su.)jective items based on
the
passages. Fui·therrnYlahu!s,
to show mastery of a particular
e.g. end-of-year-test,
ln
a
material.
2. Achievement
designed
mastery of
measure
It is objective
predet;8rmined ·
in
terms
of
freedom
of
scoring.
4.
Subjective
Test:
a
test which
gives
response to the students.
5. Multiple-Choice
·'·contains
a
Item:
an
object.i ve
i t;em
stem, one correct option and
which
three
or
four distractors and the