The Content Validity of The English Summative Test at The Second Semester on The Seventh Grade of SMP Insan Cita Jakarta Barat in 2012/2013 Academic Year.

mowen, maryanne m; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd;

NAZIAH ULFA. NIM: 0901065194. The Content Validity of The
English Summative Test at The Second Semester on The Seventh Grade of SMP
Insan Cita Jakarta Barat in 2012/2013 Academic Year. A Paper: The Study
Program of English Education, The Department of Language and Arts Education,
The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of
Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2014.
The objective of the research is to give explanation whether the English
summative test for the seventh grade of SMP Insan Cita Jakarta Barat in the
2012/2013 academic year has good content validity or not.
The objects of the research are the English summative test and the
English syllabus of school-based curriculum. The descriptive qualitative is used as
the method of the research to find out the conformity of the test with the syllabus
of school-based curriculum. For this study the writer uses checklist to collect data.
The data then is calculated by using simple statistical formula C = T/S x 100%
and interpreted uses Arikunto’s scheme of conformity level.
The result of this research shows that the English summative test that is
given for the seventh grade students at the second semester on SMP Insan Cita
Jakarta Barat in the 2012/2013 academic year is sufficient because the percentage
of the content of English summative test which is suitable to syllabus
requirements of school-based curriculum is 56%. It is caused by the fact that the
test does not fulfill of the four language skills.
From the result of the research, the writer gives suggestions as follow: In
making a test, the English teacher should be more understanding about the criteria
of a good test in, especially for the content validity; in order to make a good test,
the teacher should master the content of the syllabus and curriculum in order to
fulfill four language skills; the English summative test which given to the seventh
grade of Junior high school still can be used but some of the test items should be
revised.