involved in constructing English tests need to apply principles of assessment so that they can compose better English test which are suitable for students. In
addition, English teachers are suggested to give additional assignments related to the test specifications since the examination shows mistakes in composing the
items related to simple essays. Thus, students are expected to be able to handle the items related to simple essays in different text types.
2. Test Constructors
In this part, test constructors refer to English national examination constructors. Furthermore, this research shows that English National Examination
2015 for Junior High School did not reach the highest scale of content validity 94 and authenticity 89. English national examination constructors are
expected to compose English national examination which has better quality in terms of content validity and authenticity. In addition, the constructors are
suggested to follow the principles of assessment in constructing English national examination so that in the future, the examination constructors are able to present
better English national examination. For the content validity of the examination, it is tolerable since the percentage reaches 94. Besides, for the authenticity of the
examination, the test constructors are also suggested to improve the authenticity level of the topics in the examination since the percentage is below 90. In the
future, the examination constructors should increase the authenticity level of the topics since the examination is considered as the highest standardized test for
junior high school. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Another result shows that there are seven items and three topics which are similar in the same numbers. In the future, examination constructors need to
locate those similar items and topics in different numbers in order to avoid students’ fraudulence.
3. Future Researchers
This research is useful for future researchers who are interesting in conducting the same research related to English national examination. In the
future, future researchers can employed the theories and methodology employed in this research to analyze different object such as the newest English national
examination. Not only English national examination, conducting researches related to any language tests is also recommended. In addition, the researcher also
suggest future researchers to conduct researches related to other aspects of validity such as face validity, construct validity, criterion-related evidence, and
consequential validity. Researches related to the other facets of principles of assessment are also recommended.
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