The Face and the Content Validity on English Final Test Item of the Tenth Grade at SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013
| Main Author: | Widyanto, Fanny |
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| Format: | Bachelors NonPeerReviewed application/pdf application/vnd.ms-powerpoint |
| Terbitan: |
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/1/HALAMAN_JUDUL.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/2/CHAPTER_I.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/3/CHAPTER_II.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/4/CHAPTER_III.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/5/CHAPTER_IV.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/6/CHAPTER_V.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/7/CHAPTER_VI.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/8/DAFTAR_PUSTAKA.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/9/LAMPIRAN.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/10/Presentasi.pptx http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1727/ |
Daftar Isi:
- The validity is very important component on the test. One way to know student’s ability in using English is evaluation or test. One of instrument that often used by teacher in evaluation process is a test. There are four types of validity: face, content, construct, and empirical validity. This research is just focus on face and content validity. Because they are important on the test and it is major influence on the validity. The objectives of this research are (1) To describe the face validity on English final test item of the tenth grade at SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus in academic year 2012/2013 and (2) To describe the content validity on English final test item of the tenth grade at SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus in academic year 2012/2013. The writer uses descriptive qualitative research, because it only describes the face and the content validity on English final test item of the tenth grade at SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus in academic year 2012/2013. In collecting the data, the writer asked for permission formally to the Headmaster of SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus and met the teacher to ask English final test item to be analyzed. The result of this research leads to the conclusion that on the face validity, the test has poor layout and arranging. The test paper divided into one column and consistent in using the capital letter, but there are some inappropriate in test answer, test instruction, grammatically word, clue of stems, and mistyping. While, on the content validity, most of English final test item covers the standard competence, although there are some standard competence uncover on English final test item. The face and the content validity on English final item of the tenth grade at SMA Muhammadiyah Kudus in academic year 2012/2013 are poor, and it must needs to be improved. For example, on the face validity is needed to be revised in test answer, test instruction, grammatical word, clue of stems, and mistyping. While on the content validity, it is better if all of test items cover the standard competence in syllabus. Because if the entire of the test items uncover the standard competence, the students could confuse in understanding the test and they could not do the test well.