An Item Analysis of English Summative Test in The First Semester for The Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 233 JAKARTA in The 2018/2019 Academic Year

dr. nendi juhandi, m.m. ; yusdi daulay d, s.e., m.m; dr. roslaini, m.hum.; nurhandayani s., m.pd.;

ANNISA IFRA, NIM: 1401065012. An Item Analysis of English Summative Test
in The First Semester for The Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 233 JAKARTA in
The 2018/2019 Academic Year. A Paper, The Study Programme of English
Education, The School of Teachers’ Training and Education, The University of
Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka. 2019.
The objective of this study is to analyze whether or not the English
summative test in the first semester at the ninth grade students of SMPN 233
Jakarta in 2018/2019 academic year has the criteria of a good quality item test by
analyzing the difficulty level, the discriminating power and the effectiveness of
option.
The method that was used in this research was quantitative and qualitative
analysis methods. The quantitative analysis was used to analyze the data of
difficulty level, discriminating power, and the effectiveness of distracters. The
qualitative analysis used to describe the weak items for making the alternative
revision.
From the findings of the research, the writer concludes that the English
summative test in the first semester at the ninth grade students of SMPN 233
Jakarta in 2018/2019 academic year is not good enough in terms of the difficulty
level, the discriminating power and the effectiveness of options. The research
result benefits are the writer hopes this research will give information to the reader
and the writer herself about the quality of the English Summative Test and it will
be a guideline for the teacher for doing item analysis in constructing a good test. It
will also give some developments to the school.