ITEM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH MID TERM TEST FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 MAYONG JEPARA IN ODD
SEMESTER ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
BY
NAILIS SA’ADAH NIM. 200932248
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
ITEM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH MID TERM TEST FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 MAYONG JEPARA IN ODD
SEMESTER ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in the Departmentof English Education
By Nailis Sa’adah NIM 200932248
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
MOTTO AND DEDICATION MOTTO
Every successful person must have a failure. Do not be afraid to fail
because failure is a part of success.
Nothing is impossible. Anything can happen as long as we believe.
Where there is a will there is a way.
DEDICATION
This skripsi is dedicated to:
Allah SWT the Almighty and my prophet Muhammad
SAW.
My beloved Parents (Mr. Shofwan &Mrs. Anik
Hidayah) who give me love, pray, and support.
My beloved brothers (Syamsul Ma’arif and Muhammad
Rizal Fauzi) and my big family who always support and
motivate me.
My beloved best friends who always support me.
All my friends and lecturers in EED and Everyone who
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah, glory to Allah SWT the Almighty, the Lord of Universe
that blesses me with health and tremendous power in accomplishing the skripsi
entitled “Item Analysis of English Mid Term Test for the Seventh Grade Students
of SMP N 1 Mayong Jepara in Odd Semester Academic Year 2012/2013”.
However, the completion of this skripsi could not be achieved without assistance
of others. In this opportunity, the writer would like to express my gratitude to:
1. Dr.Drs.Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as Dean of Faculty Teacher Training and
Education.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd.,M.Pd as the head of English Education Department
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Nuraeningsih, S.Pd.,M.Pd as my first advisor who already gives me valuable
input, guidance, and correction about in writing this skripsi.
4. Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd as my second advisor who already gives me valuable
input, guidance, and correction about in writing this skripsi.
5. All of the lecturers and staff of English Education Department.
6. My beloved family who has given love, attention, prays, and spirit to me.
7. All of my beloved friends.
Finally, there is no beautiful that the writer tells again, except thank you
very much. The writer hopes that this research can be beneficial.
Kudus, July 2011
ABSTRACT
Sa’adah, Nailis. 2013. Item Analysis of English Mid Term Test for the Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 1 Mayong Jepara in Odd Semester Academic Year 2012/2013.Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (1) Nuraeningsih, S. Pd., M. Pd. (2) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd.
Key Words: difficulty level, discrimination power, validity and reliability.
Evaluation is a common term in education. Evaluation of students’ achievement is a major aspect of teachers ‘job. In Indonesia, teaching English as a subject in a school cannot also be separated from evaluation process. So, many tests are given to the students in order to achieve those purposes not only daily assessment but also some tests like midterm test or final test in the end of the semester. However, teachers usually have a bad habit in materials a test; they make the test, administer it and then take the result of the test based on certain rules. When those works are completed, teachers often think that their works are done. It is common if they do not care of the test which they have administered. If teachers pay attention to the test, they have administered before and they revise the test for the next year, they will not have to make a new test, of course when the materials and objectives of the test items they have used in classes. In revising the test, teachers need to know how to analyze the test items. And for the students, they can measure their ability in mastering the materials.
The objective of the research in general is to find out how good the test item of English mid term test for the seventh grade students in even semester academic year 2012/2013. Then the objectives specified into to find out the value of the difficulty level, discrimination power, validity and reliability of the test.
Descriptive quantitative research is used to solve or answering the problem faced now by collecting, classifying and analyzing or processing data, making conclusion and report. And the aim of this research is to find out how good is test item in English mid term test of the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Mayong Jepara in odd semester academic year 2012/2013.
From the finding of the research, the mean of difficulty level is 0.69. So, the English mid term test items are classified as moderate in term of their difficulty level. Then the discrimination power is 0.13, it means that the test items are categorized as poor items. And the mean of validity level is 0.285, means that the test is valid. However, this test is reliable; with the coefficient of reliability of the whole test item is 0.587.
ABSTRAK
Sa’adah, Nailis. 2013. Analisis Soal Mid Semester Bahasa Inggris Siswa Kelas VII pada Semester Ganjil Tahun Akademik 2012/2013. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd.,M.Pd. (2) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd.
Kata Kunci: tingkat kesulitan, tingkat pembeda, validitas, realibilitas.
Evaluasi adalah istilah umum dalam pendidikan. Evaluasi prestasi siswa merupakan aspek utama dari pekerjaan guru. Di Indonesia, pengajaran Bahasa Inggris sebagai pelajaran di sekolah juga tidak bisa dipisahkan dari proses evaluasi. Jadi, banyak tes yang diberikan kepada siswa dalam rangka mencapai tujuan tersebut tidak hanya penilaian sehari-hari tetapi juga beberapa tes seperti mid semester atau ujian kenaikan kelas di akhir semester.Dalam tes semacam ini, guru sering membuat tes sendiri. Namun, guru biasanya memiliki kebiasaan buruk dalam materi-materi tes, mereka membuat tes, mengelola dan kemudian mengambil hasil tes berdasarkan aturan-aturan tertentu. Ketika semua tugas- tugas tersebut selesai, guru sering berpikir bahwa pekerjaan mereka selesai. Hal umum jika mereka tidak memperhatikan tes yang telah mereka berikan. Jika guru memperhatikan tes yang telah mereka berikan sebelumnya dan merevisi tes untuk tahun depan, mereka tidak akan harus membuat tes baru, tentu saja dengan materi materi dan tujuan dari item tes yang telah mereka digunakan di kelas. Dalam merevisites, guru perlu mengetahui bagaimana menganalisis item tes. Dan untuk siswa, mereka dapat menggunakan hasil evaluasi untuk mengukur kemampuan mereka dalam menguasai materi.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini pada umumnya adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa baik soal tes pada soal mid semester Bahasa Inggris siswa kelas tujuh semester ganjil tahun akademik 2012/2013. Kemudian tujuan tersebut di jabarkan menjadi untuk mengetahui nilai tingkat kesulitan, tingkat pembeda, validitas dan reliabilitas dari tes tersebut.
Deskriptif kuantitatif digunakan untuk memecahkan atau menjawab masalah yang dihadapi saat ini dengan mengumpulkan, mengelompokkan dan menganalisis atau mengolah data, membuat kesimpulan dan laporan. Dan tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa baik soal tes pada soal mid semester Bahasa Inggris siwa kelas tujuh semester ganjil tahun akademik 2012/2013.
katakana bahwa tes tersebut valid. Namun, tes ini sesuai dengan koefisien reliabilitas dari item tes keseluruhannya adalah 0.587.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ...i
LOGO ...ii
TITLE ...iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ...v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ...vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...vii
ABSTRACT ...viii
ABSTRAKSI ...x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...xii
LIST OF APPENDICES ...xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research ...1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ...3
1.3 Objective of the Research ...4
1.4 Significant of the Research ...4
1.5 Scope of the Research ...5
1.6 Operational Definition ...5
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE 2. 1 Theoretical Review ...7
2.1.1 Tests ...7
2.1.2 Types of Test ...7
2.1.3 Achievement Tests ...9
2.1.3.1 Types of Achievement Test ...9
2.1.4 Multiple Choice Items ...10
2.1.5 Criteria of a Good Test ...11
2.1.6 Validity ...12
2.1.7 Reliability ...14
2.1.8.1 Item Difficulty ...16
2.1.8.2 Item Discrimination Power ...16
2.2 Previous Research ...16
2.3 Theoretical Framework ...17
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research ...19
3.2 Population and Sample ...20
3.3 Instrument of the Research ...20
3.4 Data Collecting ...21
3.4 Data Analysis ...22
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 Analysis of Difficulty Level ...27
4.2 Analysis of Discrimination Power ...28
4.3 Analysis of Validity ...30
4.4 Analysis of Reliability ...31
CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION... 32
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1 Conclusion ...73
6.2 Suggestion ...74
REFERENCE ...75
APPENDICES ...77
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix Page
Appendix 1. The Item Analysis of Difficulty Level, Discrimination Power,
Validity and Reliability...78
Appendix 2. The Computation of Difficulty Level ...90
Appendix 3. The Computation of Discrimination Power ...91
Appendix 4. The Computation of Validity...92
Appendix 5. The Computation of Reliability ...95
Appendix 6. The Recapitulation of Multiple Choices. ...97
Appendix 7. The Test Items ...99
Appendix 8. Students Answer Sheets ...108
