| dc.description.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. | en_US |
