AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST FOR THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTs PLUS DARUL HIKMAH SOOKO MOJOKERTO IN THE 2002/2003 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This thesis was intended to analyze the English summative test constructed by "Depag". It was to know whether the test constructed follows the characteristics of a good test or not. The main characteristics of a good test are validity, reliability, and -practicality. It is also important to do item analysis that covers difficulty level and discrimination level. The research design was descriptive. The area determination method was purposive. The sample was taken by using proportional random sampling by lottery. The data were taken by using documentation and interview. The documentation covered (1) The English summative test of the odd semester for the first year students, (2) The students' answer sheets, and (3) The 1994 Basic Course Outline. The qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyze the data of the research. The results of this study showed that: 1) The English summative test had high content validity, 2) The English summative test had low reliability, 3) The English summative test had good practicality, 4) The English summative test had poor difficulty level. There were 18 items (40%) categorized as difficult, 24 items (53,3%) categorized as sufficient, and 3 items (6,7%) categorized as easy. 5) The English summative test had poor level of discrimination. There were 2 items (4,4%) with negative discrimination index. There were 27 items (60%) categorized as poor which 6,6% of the percentage (3 items) with zero discrimination index, and 16 items (35, 6%) which were categorized as sufficient. There was no item categorized as good or excellent items. Basically, the English summative test needs some improvement in terms of content validity, reliability, difficulty level, and item discrimination in order that the items can be functioned well and used for future test.