AN ITEM ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH SUMMATVE TEST OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ON THE SECOND SEMESTER AT SMPN 4 BEKASI IN 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

dejan muhammad qinthar; martriwati, m. pd.; tri setyaningsih, m. pd.;

RISQI NOVITASARI, 1001065195. An Item Analysis of the English Summative Test of the Eight Grade Students on the Second Semester at SMPN 4 Bekasi 2013- 2014 Academic Year. A paper. Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2014.
The objective of this research is to find out the quality of the English summative test for the eighth grade students on the second semester which administrated in SMPN 4 Bekasi. The quality is seen from the difficulty level, the discriminating power, and the effectiveness of distracter in each item. The methods that are used in this research are quantitative and qualitative method.
The test has been conducted on Friday, 13th June 2014. It consists of 50 multiple choice items. The respondent of the research were 83 students taken from 2 classes of the eight grade students in SMPN 4 Bekasi. All of them were ranked from the highest to the lowest score. The writer took 27% (22 students) from the highest score as the upper group and 27% (22 students) from the lowest score as the lower group.
Based on the data of difficulty level in this research, the writer finds 2 (4%) difficult items, 36 (72%) medium items, and 12 (24%) easy items. The data prove that most items in the test are categorized as medium level. Through the calculation of discriminating power, the writer finds 2 (4%) bad items that have to be discarded, 9 (18%) weak items that need to be revised, and 39 (78%) items are accepted. The result of this research is English summative test at SMPN 4 Bekasi has good quality in term of difficulty level, discriminating power, and the effectiveness of distracter.