1 As guidance or a reference in developing the next syllabus, such as: arranging of a lesson plan, managing the activities in a classroom,
supplying the materials, and developing of scoring. 2 As a plan that covers main programs to be achieved in the teaching-
learning process. 3 As a scoring of the success program.
4 As a written document of the program accountability.
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In other words, the use of syllabus is intended to cover seven components for getting the success of teaching-learning program.
E. Relevant Study
There are the relevant studies which have been done by the previous researcher in analyzing content validity of English summative test. The writer takes two
relevant studies from Etika and Suminar. The first relevant study is conducted by Etika under the title An Analysis on
the Content Validity of the Summative Test for the First Year Students at SMA DUA MEI. The aim of this research was to find the empirical evidence of the
English summative test content validity made by the professional team for the odd semester of the first year students carried out at SMA DUA MEI. The writer used
qualitative research. This research was categorized as descriptive analysis in which to describe the conformity and inconformity of the SMA DUA MEI’s
summative test with the syllabus and indicators. The result of this study showed the English summative test fell into 72 valid in terms of its conformity with the
indicators. However, the writer found that the test doesn’t represent the whole
indicators from the syllabus. There were only 61 covered. It means that 40 indicators were not represented the test items.
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Pengembangan Silabus dan Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran dalam KTSP, loc.cit.
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Surya Etika, “An Analysis on the Content Validity of the Summative Test for the First Year Students at SMA DUA MEI”, Skripsi of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta: UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah, 2012, p. v, unpublished.
Next, the second researcher is conducted by Suminar under the title An Analysis on Content validity of English Summative Test Items for Junior High
School. This research was aimed to find the empirical evidence whether the English summative test items for the second grade students at SMP Al-Zahra
Indonesia at even semester 20102011 have good content validity. The method used in this research was descriptive comparative and also quantitative.
Furthermore, the result of this study showed that the English summative test at SMP Al-Zahra did not have a good content validity because only 40 of the test
items that conformed to the English syllabus.
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Mean while, the writer’s research is quite different with the previous
researchers because in this skripsi the writer will not only analyze the conformity level of English summative test in term of a content validity in a school, but also
analyzes which vocational school that has been able in arranging a good English summative test in term of a content validity from three accredited vocational
school in Tangerang. In addition, she analyzes the English summative tests based on the three vocational schools in Tangerang that have been ranked from A to C
by the government.
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Istyasmi Suminar, “An Analysis on Content validity of English Summative Test Items for
Junior High School ”, Skripsi of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta: UIN Syarif Hidayatullah,
2012, p. v, unpublished.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Study
The research was administered in three accredited vocational schools at Tangerang; especially for the second grade technology major. Those three
vocational schools have been ranked based on the accreditation from A up to C by the education ministry that has been published in Data Pokok SMK.
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They are SMKN 3 Tangerang which has grade A, SMKN 1 Tangerang which has
grade B, and SMK Teknologi Informatika YPML Tangerang which has grade C. The research is held in the different time. The first research was conducted
in SMKN 1 Tangerang on November 25
th
, 2013. The second research was conducted in SMKN 3 Tangerang on December 3
nd
, 2013. The last research was conducted in SMK Teknologi Informatika YPML Tangerang on December
19
th
, 2013. This research began by asking permission to the headmaster and making
an appointment to the English teacher. The second step, the writer asked for the English summative test paper and a syllabus for the second grade technology
major in odd semester in those three vocational schools. The last, the writer interviewed the English teacher of second grade technology major in those
vocational schools by a semi-structured interview.
B. The Object of the Study
The object of the study in this research is English summative tests for the second grade technology major of three accreditation vocational schools at odd
semester 20132014.
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Data Pokok
SMK Direktorat
Pembinaan Sekolah
Menengah Kejuruan
http:datapokok.ditpsmk.net
