The Content Validity of the English Summative Test for the Seventh Grade Students of SMPN 7 Depok in the First Semester of the 2015/2016 Academic Year

dr. bambang dwi hartono, m. si ; drs. bambang sumaryanto., m.m; dr. burhayani, m.pd.; nita kaniadewi, m.pd.;

Nunki Widianti, NIM: 1201065176. The Content Validity of the English
Summative Test for the Seventh Grade Students of SMPN 7 Depok in the First
Semester of the 2015/2016 Academic Year. A paper, Jakarta: The Study
Programme of English Education, the School of Teachers’ Training and
Education, the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka Jakarta. 2016.
In this paper the writer wants to know the conformity of the English
summative test for the seventh grade students of SMPN 7 Depok in the first
semester of the 2015/2016 academic year has good content validity in line with
the content of the English syllabus from curriculum 2013 or not. This research is
using comparative descriptive analysis method. It was analyze by comparing the
content validity of the English summative test for the seventh grade students of
SMPN 7 Depok in the first semester of the 2015/2016 academic year with the
content curriculum 2013 for the analysis of this research. The instrument is table
of checklists which are arranged based on objectives and materials in syllabus of
the curriculum 2013 (K13). The objectives and the materials of reading and
writing skills are identified and arranged into questions in list. The research was
held at SMPN 7 Depok, which is located on Jalan Radar TNI Angkatan Udara
Cisalak, Cimanggis, Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.It was held on 10thDecember
2015.The English summative test for the seventh grade students of SMPN 7
Depok in the first semester of the 2015/2016 academic year consist of 25
multiple-choice test, 10 fill in the blank and 5 essays.
From the analysis, the writer has found that the English summative test
which has given for the seventh grade students of SMPN 7 Depok in the first
semester of the 2015/2016 academic year has sufficient content validity. The test
only focuses on reading and writing skill. The result of the percentage of the
conformity reading material is 81.8%, and the percentage of the conformity
writing material is 36.3%.Whereas the conformity reading skill objective is
57.1%while, the percentage of the conformity writing skill objective is 40%.
Based on the analysis above, the writer concludes the English summative test for
the seventh grade students at SMPN 7 Depok in the first semester of the 2015-
2016 academic year had a sufficient content validity because is 53.6 % of the test
items conformed to the English syllabus.
The benefits of the research result are: hopefully the teacher can develop a
good test for students that is suitable with the English syllabus of the school
curriculum; and for the schools, they can guide, contribute, and provide a good
test from the teacher for the students.