A Content Validity of the English Summative Test in the First Semester for the Tenth Grade Students of SMA An- Nurmaniyah 2016-2017 Academic Year

fitrisia, s.e., ak., m.si., ca. ; ade maya saraswati, s.e., m.m; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd.; silih warni, ph.d.;

RIZKY HILALDY. NIM 1201065216. A Content Validity of the English
Summative Test in the First Semester for the Tenth Grade Students of SMA An-
Nurmaniyah 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, 2018.
The objective of the research was to answer the question of the study
whether the content of the English summative test of the tenth grade students on
SMA An- Nurmaniyah in the 2016/2017 academic year was in line with the
English syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum. In this research, the writer used
descriptive comparative analysis.
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 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 An- Nurmaniyah was quite
appropriate with the syllabus content of 2013 Curriculum. The percentage of the
materials the material conformity was 20%. Meanwhile, the the percentage of
objective reading skill conformity was 57%. And then, the the percentage of
objective writing skill conformity was 64% However, in the listening and
speaking skills could not be analyzed because they did not exist in the summative
test for tenth grade student at SMA An- Nurmaniyah on the first semester in
2016/2017 academic year. The calculation of all percentages was 46%.
From the statement above, it can be concluded that the content validity of
the teacher-made English summative test for the tenth grade students at SMA An-
Nurmaniyah on the first semester in 2016/2017 was sufficient. The benefit of the
research result is to help the teacher to arrange and make a good test.