ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF TEACHER-MADE READING COMPREHENSION TEST ITEMS USING ITEMAN

Intan Fitriani Aulia, Muhammad Sukirlan, Sudirman Sudirman

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi: tingkat kesulitan, daya beda, kualitas pilihan, keandalan, keberterimaan; validitas tes dan pendapat guru dan kepala sekolah tentang penggunaan iteman. Objek penelitian adalah soal mid semester bahasa Inggris yang guru buat untuk kelas 2 SMPN 8 Bandar Lampung tahun 2013/2014. Hasil penelitian menunjukan: tingkat kesulitan terdiri dari 21 item (52.5%) diterima, 5 item (12.5%) perlu diperbaiki, 2 item (5%) perlu dibuang. Daya beda terdiri dari 16 item (40%) diterima, 2 item (5%) perlu perbaikan, dan 17 item (42.5%) perlu dibuang. Kualitas pilihan (Prop. Endorsing) adalah 42 pilihan (26%) diterima, 35 pilihan (22%) perlu diperbaiki dan perlu dibuang. Keandalan (alpha) adalah 0.763. hasil juga menunjukan bahwa guru tidak pernah menganilisis item tes sebelum mereka menggunakannya Karena mereka belum begitu mengenal perangkat iteman dan karena keterbatasan waktu.

 

The objectives of the research are to identify: the difficulty level, discriminating power, quality of the options, reliability, acceptability; validity of the items, and the teacher’s as well as headmaster’s opinions about the iteman. The object of the research is teacher-made English Mid Semester for second grade in SMP Negeri 8 Bandar Lampung in 2013/2014 academic year. The results show that: difficulty level consists of 21 items (52.5%) acceptable, 5 items (12.5%) need revising, and 2 items (5%) need dropping. Discriminating power consists of 16 items (40%) acceptable, 2 items (5%) need revising, and 17 items (42.5%) need dropping. The quality of the options is 42 options (26%) acceptable, 35 options (22%) need revisingand need dropping. Reliability is 0.763.Italso shows that the teachers never analyze the test items before using them because of their unfamiliarity with iteman and the time constaint.

 

Keywords: discriminating power, iteman software, difficulty level, reliability, validity.

 


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