An item analysis of english summative test on difficulty level and discriminating power (a case study of the first grade students of 3 State Junior High School of Tangerang Selatan)
| Main Author: | Dwi Ciptaningrum |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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Daftar Isi:
- This study is purposed to measure the difficulty level and the discriminating power of the English summative test for the first grade of SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan at odd semester 2013/2014 academic year. Furthermore, this study is conducted to analyze the test items whether it is included in easy, moderate, or difficult items and whether the items are able to discriminate the upper and the lower group of students. This study is categorized as a qualitative research by using the descriptive analysis because the writer describes the difficulty level and discriminating power by analyzing the test items of the English summative test. This research is also supported by some numerical data which are analyzed statistically by using Anates Program and manual counting. The writer takes 92 students? answer sheets as the data which are divided the students into three groups: upper, middle, and lower group by arranging the students? score from the highest till the lowest scores. But the writer only takes 27% (25 students) from the upper and the lower group of students to be analyzed. The findings of this study are moderate level with the result 0.69 index of difficulty and the test also has the result 0.38 index of discriminating power so it is included in good quality. So, the English summative test of the first grade of SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan at odd semester 2013/2014 academic year has good qualities in term, moderate level of difficulty and good quality of discriminating power