The Content Validity of the English Summative Test for the Tenth Grade Students in the First Semester of SMA Negeri 40 Jakarta in 2016/2017 Academic Year

ade maya; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd; nita kaniadewi, m.pd.;

IKA SASMITA. NIM 1201065105. The Content Validity of the English Summative Test for the Tenth Grade Students in the First Semester of SMA Negeri 40 Jakarta in 2016/2017 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. Jakarta, 2017.
The objective of the research was to find the empirical evidence whether the content of the English summative test of the tenth grade students on SMA Negeri 40 Jakarta in the the first semester in 2016/2017 academic year was in line with the English syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum or not. In this research, the writer used comparative descriptive method. The writer compared a set of the English summative test content with a number of required items in the English syllabus content that used in teaching and learning activities.The instruments were in the checklists forms which are arranged based on materials and objectives in the English syllabus of the 2013 Curriculum. The materials and objectives of each language skills were identified and arranged into the lists. They were 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 40 Jakarta was quite appropriate with the syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum. The percentage of the materials in oral and written text was 50%, the social function was 50%, the utterances were 50%, the language features were 26,32%, and the topic was 27,78%. Then, the indicator of reading skill was 71%. Meanwhile, the indicators of listening, writing, and speaking were 0%. Therefore, the calculation of all percentages was 45,85%. Based on Arikunto’s scheme, it can be concluded that the content validity of the teacher-made English summative test for the tenth grade students in the first semester of SMAN 40 Jakarta has been sufficient. The benefit of the research result was to help the teacher to arrange and make a good test.