The Content Validity of the English Summative Test of the Tenth Grade Students on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang of the First Semester in 2015/2016 Academic Year

riadhus sholihin; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd;

FITRI RIYANI. 1201065085. The Content Validity of the English Summative Test of the Tenth Grade Students on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang of the First Semester in 2015/2016 Academic Year. A Paper, The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka. Jakarta, 2016.
The objective of the research is to find the empirical evidence whether the content of the English summative test of the tenth grade students on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang of the the first semester in 2015/2016 academic year is appropriate with the English syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum or not. In this research, the writer uses descriptive comparative method. The writer will compare a set of the English summative test with a number of required items in the syllabus that used in teaching and learning activities.
The instruments are in the checklists forms which are arranged based on materials and objectives in syllabus of the 2013 Curriculum. The materials and objectives of each language skills are identified and arranged into the lists. They are changed become the questions as instrument. From the analysis, the writer found that the content validity of the English summative test which was administered on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang was appropriate with the syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum.
The percentage of the materials in oral and written text is 100%, the social function is 83%, the utterances are 87,5%, and the language features are 31,25%. Then, the indicator of reading skill is 71%. Meanwhile, the indicators of listening, writing, and speaking are 0%. Therefore, the calculation of all percentages is 74,55%. Based on Arikunto’s statement level, it means that the English summative test content of the tenth grade students on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang of the first semester in 2015/2016 academic year has a good content validity. Finally, the content validity of the English summative test of the tenth grade students on SMA Negeri 9 Tangerang of the first semester is appropriate with the syllabus of 2013 Curriculum.