AN ITEM ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS ON THE FIRST SEMESTER OF SMAN 101 JAKARTA IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

alya jesi maulida; drs. sigit sumarsono, m. pd.; gigih anggana yuda, m. pd.;

ROSALINA. 1001065202. An Item Analysis of the English Summative Test
at the Eleventh Grade Students on the First Semester of SMAN 101 Jakarta in the
2013/2014 Academic Year Paper. The Study Programme of English Education, the
School of Teacher Training and Education, the University of Muhammadiyah Prof.
DR. Hamka, Jakarta 2014.
The aim of this research was to find out whether or not the items of English
summative test for the eleventh grade students on the first semester of SMAN 101
Jakarta in the 2013/2014 academic year consisted of good items related to the
difficulty level and discriminating power, so it can be categorized which item
should be accepted, revised and discarded. If the item was accepted, it could be used
in the future test. If it was revised, it should be revised into a good one, so the item
can be used in the future test. If it was discarded, it should be thrown away and
changed by a new item.
The method that was used in this research was descriptive quantitative
method. It means to describe the item which have been analyzed by using difficulty
level and discriminating power aspects. The data have been taken from the students
answer sheets of English summative test. The respondents of the research were 80
students.
The analysis of the difficulty level showed that there were 8 items (16%)
which were difficult, 23 items (46%) which were medium, and 19 items (38%)
which were easy. The analysis of the discriminating power showed that there were
14 items (28%) that were not in good quality; they were 11 items (22%) that needed
to be revised and 3 items (6%) that needed to be discarded or rewritten. They had
both low difficulty level and discriminating power. The writer also found that the
wrong answer key had been one of the reasons why the test was not well responded.
Based on the analysis of the difficulty level and discriminating power, it can be
concluded that the test items belong to good quality items. So, it means that the
items can be used in the future test.