S ING 1101983 Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF APPROVAL ....................................................................................i
STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION .........................................................ii
PREFACE ..........................................................................................................iii
ACKNOWLEDMENT ......................................................................................iv
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................vi
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................viii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study ........................................................................1
1.2 Research Questions................................................................................3
1.3 Aim of the Study....................................................................................3
1.4 Scope of the Study .................................................................................3
1.5 Significance of study .................................................................................... 3
1.6 Clarification on main terms ......................................................................... 3
1.7 Organization of paper................................................................................... 5
1.8 Concluding remarks ..................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Defining Assessment,Evaluation, and Test ...........................................7
2.2 Conceptualizazing Validity ......................................................................... 15

2.2.1 A Priori Validity ................................................................................. 17
2.2.1.1 Context Validity ...............................................................17
2.2.1.2 Theory Based Validity .......................................................... 20
2.3 Previous studies ...................................................................................... 25
2.4 Concluding Remarks ............................................................................. 26
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Formulation of problems .......................................................................27
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3.2 Research Design ....................................................................................27
3.3 Subject of The Research ........................................................................28
3.4 Data Collection ......................................................................................28
3.4.1 Document Analysis.............................................................................29
3.4.2 Interview .............................................................................................29
3.5 Data analysis ..........................................................................................30

3.5.1 The document analysis by using Weir’s a priori validity ...................31
3.5.2 The analysis of the interview ..............................................................31
3.6 Concluding remarks ...............................................................................31
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 The results of context validity evidence ................................................32
4.1.1 Context Validity Evidence Test 1 ........................................................... 33
4.1.2 Context Validity Evidence Test 2 ........................................................... 42
4.1.3 ContextValidity Evidence Test 3 ............................................................ 54
4.2 The results of theory based validity evidence ........................................... 69
4.2.1 Theory based validity Test 1 .................................................................... 70
4.2.2 Theory based validity Test 2 .................................................................... 78
4.2.3 Theory based validity Test 3 .................................................................... 83
4.3 Concluding remark ....................................................................................... 86
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................87
5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................................88
BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................90
APPENDICES ...................................................................................................93
Appendix 1 Test Paper for students
Appendix 2 Test specifications from teachers

Appendix 3 Data
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at a Junior High School in Cimahi.
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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Differences between assessment and evaluation ............................. 8
Table 2.2 Differences between traditional and alternative assessment ............ 15
Table 2.3 Description of careful and expeditious reading ............................... 22

Table 3.1 Format of context validity analysis .................................................. 31
Table 4.1 Analysis of context validity of test 1 ............................................... 41
Table 4.2 Analysis of context validity of test 2 ............................................... 51
Table 4.3 Analysis of context validity of test 3 ............................................... 65

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A PRIORI VALIDITY OF SUMMATIVE TEST ITEMS DEVELOPED BY EFL TEACHERS: A Case Study
at a Junior High School in Cimahi.
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