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A CONTENT-FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST ITEMS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
A THESIS
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WAHYU ARTA SAPUTRA
K2209091
English Department
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
SURAKARTA
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Surakarta, January 2015
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A CONTENT - FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST ITEMS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF
SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR (A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY)
BY :
WAHYU ARTA SAPUTRA
K2209091
A Thesis
Submitted to the Teacher Training and Education Faculty
of Sebelas Maret University to Fulfill One of the Requirements for Getting the Undergraduate Degree of Education in English
English Department
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
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This thesis has been approved by the consultants to be examined by the Board of Thesis Examiners of the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University Surakarta.
Consultant I Consultant II
(Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd) (Dewi Sri Wahyuni ,M.Pd)
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This thesis has been examined by the Board of Examiners of English Education Department of Teacher Training and education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta and has been approved to fulfill one of the requirements for obtaining the Undergraduate Degree of English Education.
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Wahyu Arta Saputra. K2209091. A CONTENT - FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH
FINAL TEST ITEMS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN THE 2013/2014
ACADEMIC YEAR. A Thesis, Surakarta : English Department of Teacher Training
and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, January 2015.
The objective of this study is to identify whether or not English final test items for the eleventh grade students are considered appropriate. The motive of the study is the existing phenomenon in the teaching and learning process which emphasizes its measurement through tests. The concern of the study is the appropriateness of multiple choice items used in final test.
The study focuses on the description of the test items’ appropriateness in terms of
content and form based on quantitative data, especially the material suitability with the syllabus and the construction of stem and alternatives on each item. The subject of the study is the English final test items for the second semester of the Eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Magetan in the 2013/2014 academic year. The data were taken from 100 students in four classes. The appropriateness of the test items is analyzed using item analysis technique. The analysis comprises three aspects i.e. index of discriminating power, level of difficulty, and the effectiveness of distracters. Meanwhile, the material
suitability is done by matching the item’s indicator with the learning indicators which are mentioned in the syllabus and the analysis on construction of the stem and alternatives is based on several aspects given by experts.
The results of this study shows that 57.5% of the total items have a good level in discriminating index, eighteen of the total items (45%) fulfilled satisfactory criteria in difficulty level, 11 items had possessed the effective distracters (around 3-4 distracters
work), while the item’s indicator of 37 out of 40 items (92.5 %) are compatible with the
learning indicator mentioned in the syllabus, and in the construction aspect, 75% of the total items possess a good stem and 82.5% of the total items are able to fulfill all the aspects of good alternatives.
In Conclusion, the items used as final test in SMA Negeri 1 Magetan have good quality in construction aspects, and the items’ compatibility with the syllabus. However, some items are less effective viewed from the level of difficulty and the effectiveness of the distracters aspect.
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Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin. All praises and thanks be to Allah The Most
Merciful and Gracious, The Almighty God who gives His help to the writer so that he can complete his thesis. The writer also would like to express his gratitude to:
1. Prof. Dr. M. Furqon Hidayatullah, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty who has given approval and permission to the writer to write his thesis.
2. Dr. Muh. Rohmadi, S.S., M.Hum, the head of the Art and Language education Department.
3. Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum, the head of English Department of Teaching Training and Education Faculty for advice, guidance and being inspiration.
4. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd as the first consultant who has patiently given his guidance, advice, encouragement, kindness and time.
5. Dewi Sriwahyuni, M.Pd as the second consultant who has patiently given her guidance, advice, encouragement, kindness and time.
6. Dra. Mahmudah, M.Pd , the headmaster of SMA Negeri 1 Magetan for facilitating the writer doing the research.
7. Sri Rahmawati, M.Pd., the English teacher of the Eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Magetan who has helped the writer collected the data during the study. 8. His beloved family, for prayers, advices and supports and motivations.
9. His beloved friends in SBI class 2009, for togetherness.
10.His beloved friends in English Education class 2009 for pleasure.
The writer will appreciatively accept any criticism, suggestion, or comments since nothing in the world is perfect including his writing. He hopes the thesis will be useful, helpful, and able to give contribution to the readers.
Surakarta, January 2015
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1. Basic Concepts of Test Analysis ……… 21
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3. Item Analysis……….. 24
a). Computing Item Difficulty……… 24
b). Computing Item Discriminating power………. 25
c). construction on Multiple Choice Items……….. 27
C. Review on English Subject ……….. 29
1. Education Unit Level Curriculum (KTSP) ……… 29
2. English For Senior High School Grade XI ………. 31
D. Research Design ……… 33
CHAPTER III. RESARCH METHODOLOGY ………. 34
A. Method Of Research ………. 34
B. Time and Place of The Study ……….. 34
C. Subject of The Study ……… 34
D. Technique of Collecting The Data ……… 37
E. Technique of Analyzing The Data ……….. 38
CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH FINDINGS ……….. 42
A. The Description of The Data ………,…… 42
1. Analysis on Multiple Choice Item ……….. 43
2. Analysis on The Content of the Items With The Syllabus …………. 78
3. Analysis on Constructing The items ………... 78
a. Stem ………. 79
b. Alternative ……… 82
B. Research Findings ……… 88
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, SUGGESTION………. 92
A. Conclusion ……….…... 92
B. Implication ……… 93
C. Suggestion ………. 93
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Appendix 1. Worksheet ……….. 97
Appendix 2. Answer Key ……… 109
Appendix 3. Syllabus ……….. 110
Appendix 4. Table of Item’s Indicator Analysis………. 115
Appendix 5. Table of Analysis on Stem and Alternatives of the Items ……… 121
Appendix 6. Blue Print of the test ……… 125
Appendix 7 List of Students Taken on the research ………... 128
Appendix 8 Students’ work sheets ………... 129
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Table 3.1 The proportion on Stratified Sampling ………... 37
Table 3.2 Technique of Collecting the Data ………. 38
Table 3.3 Item’s Difficulty Level ……….. 39
Table 3.4 Item’sDiscriminating Index ……….. 40
Table 4.1 The Result of Analysis on Content appropriateness……… 78
Table 4.2 The Result of Analysis on Constructing the Stem………. 79
Table 4.3 The Result of Analysis on Constructing The alternatives………….. 82
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Figure 2.1 Research Design ………. 33 Figure 4.1 Pie Diagram of Discriminating Power ……… 89 Figure 4.2 Pie diagram of Item difficulty ………. 90 Figure 4.3 Pie Diagram of Content Appropriateness of the Items ………….... 90
