AN ITEM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS ON SMPN 5 TANGERANG IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

alvina hendri; siswana, m. pd.; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m. pd.;

DIAN NUR AVIANTI, 0901065057. An Item Analysis of the English Summative Test for the First Semester Students at the Seventh Grade on SMP N 5 Tangerang in 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 purpose of the study is to know whether the English summative test items for the seventh grade students of SMP N 5 Tangerang 2013/2014 academic year have good quality in terms of difficulty level and discriminating power.
The respondents of this research are 40 students of the seventh grade of SMP N 5 Tangerang 2013/2014 academic year. The class is divided into two groups, 20 (50%) students who get the highest score in the English test for the upper group, 20 (50%) students who get the lowest score in English test for lower group.
Based on the analysis of the data in this research, the writer summarizes that the English summative test, which is administrated in SMP N 5 Tangerang are good because from 40 items, there are 30 items which are accepted, 2 items are rejected and 8 items must be revised so, it can be use as the model for developing the English test or reused for the next test. In this research, there are three significances of the studies such as, first for the English teacher of SMP N 5 Tangerang is able to comprehend how to conduct an item analysis, thereby; the teacher can identify which item that may need to be kept, revised or discarded. Second for the students can get the better test because by doing item analysis, the poor item will decrease and the quality of the test will improved. The last for the school can be used to find out the quality of the items that have been created by teachers. Finally, the summative test have been in analyzes and satisfies the criteria of a good test tests mean summative the beneficial for student and teacher.