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A CONTENT-FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST ITEMS

FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE

STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN

IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

A THESIS

Created By:

WAHYU ARTA SAPUTRA

K2209091

English Department

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

SURAKARTA

2015


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PRONOUNCEMENT

This is to certify that I myself write this thesis, entitled “A CONTENT - FORM

ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST ITEMS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER

OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN

THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR”. It is not a plagiarism or made by others.

Anything related the other’s work is written in quotation, the source of which is listed on

the bibliography. If then this pronouncement proves incorrect, I am ready to accept any

academic punishment, including the withdrawal or cancellation of my academic degree.

Surakarta, January 2015

Wahyu Arta Saputra

K2209091


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A CONTENT - FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FINAL TEST ITEMS

FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF

SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

(A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY)

BY :

WAHYU ARTA SAPUTRA

K2209091

A Thesis

Submitted to the Teacher Training and Education Faculty

of Sebelas Maret University to Fulfill One of the Requirements for Getting

the Undergraduate Degree of Education in English

English Department

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

JANUARY 2015


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APPROVAL

This thesis has been approved by the consultants to be examined by the Board of

Thesis Examiners of the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty,

Sebelas Maret University Surakarta.

Consultant I Consultant II

(Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd) (Dewi Sri Wahyuni ,M.Pd)

NIP. 19520307 198003 1 005 NIP. 19780818 200312 2 002


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THE APPROVAL OF THE EXAMINERS

This thesis has been examined by the Board of Examiners of English Education

Department of Teacher Training and education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University,

Surakarta and has been approved to fulfill one of the requirements for obtaining the

Undergraduate Degree of English Education.

Day :

Date :

Board of Examiners :

1. CHAIRMAN

Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum (……………………………)

NIP. 19730205 200604 1 001

2. Secretary

Drs. Martono, M.A (……………………………)

NIP. 19060301 198803 1 001

3. Examiner 1

Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd (……………………………)

NIP. 19520307 198003 1 005

4. Examiner 2

Dewi Sri Wahyuni, M.Pd (……………………………)

NIP. 19780818 200312 2 002

Legalized by,

Teacher Training and Education Faculty

Sebelas Maret University

Dean

Prof. Dr. M.Furqon Hidayatullah, M.Pd

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MOTTO

Keep your hopes up high and your head down low

(Jamie Mckinnon)

You may delay, but the time will not. That’s why you need to keep

running

(Benjamin Franklin)

Nam sine Doctrina Vita est quasi Mortis Imago

(Hidup tanpa ilmu bagaikan bayangan mati)

(Anonymous)


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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

My beloved Father and Mother

My beloved brothers, Ridho and Aldi

All my beloved friends


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ABSTRACT

Wahyu Arta Saputra. K2209091. A CONTENT - FORM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH

FINAL TEST ITEMS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE ELEVENTH

GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 MAGETAN IN THE 2013/2014

ACADEMIC YEAR. A Thesis, Surakarta : English Department of Teacher Training

and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, January 2015.

The objective of this study is to identify whether or not English final test items for

the eleventh grade students are considered appropriate. The motive of the study is the

existing phenomenon in the teaching and learning process which emphasizes its

measurement through tests. The concern of the study is the appropriateness of multiple

choice items used in final test.

The study focuses on the description of the test items’ appropriateness in terms of

content and form based on quantitative data, especially the material suitability with the

syllabus and the construction of stem and alternatives on each item. The subject of the

study is the English final test items for the second semester of the Eleventh grade of SMA

Negeri 1 Magetan in the 2013/2014 academic year. The data were taken from 100

students in four classes. The appropriateness of the test items is analyzed using item

analysis technique. The analysis comprises three aspects i.e. index of discriminating

power, level of difficulty, and the effectiveness of distracters. Meanwhile, the material

suitability is done by matching the item’s indicator with the learning indicators which are

mentioned in the syllabus and the analysis on construction of the stem and alternatives is

based on several aspects given by experts.

The results of this study shows that 57.5% of the total items have a good level in

discriminating index, eighteen of the total items (45%) fulfilled satisfactory criteria in

difficulty level, 11 items had possessed the effective distracters (around 3-4 distracters

work), while the item’s indicator of 37 out of 40 items (92.5 %) are compatible with the

learning indicator mentioned in the syllabus, and in the construction aspect, 75% of the

total items possess a good stem and 82.5% of the total items are able to fulfill all the

aspects of good alternatives.

In Conclusion, the items used as final test in SMA Negeri 1 Magetan have good

quality in construction aspects, and the items’ compatibility with the syllabus. However,

some items are less effective viewed from the level of difficulty and the effectiveness of

the distracters aspect.

Keywords : Item analysis, level of difficulty, discriminating index


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin. All praises and thanks be to Allah The Most

Merciful and Gracious, The Almighty God who gives His help to the writer so that he can

complete his thesis. The writer also would like to express his gratitude to:

1. Prof. Dr. M. Furqon Hidayatullah, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty who has given approval and permission to the writer to write

his thesis.

2. Dr. Muh. Rohmadi, S.S., M.Hum, the head of the Art and Language education

Department.

3. Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum, the head of English Department of Teaching

Training and Education Faculty for advice, guidance and being inspiration.

4. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd as the first consultant who has patiently given his guidance,

advice, encouragement, kindness and time.

5. Dewi Sriwahyuni, M.Pd as the second consultant who has patiently given her

guidance, advice, encouragement, kindness and time.

6. Dra. Mahmudah, M.Pd , the headmaster of SMA Negeri 1 Magetan for facilitating

the writer doing the research.

7. Sri Rahmawati, M.Pd., the English teacher of the Eleventh grade students of SMA

Negeri 1 Magetan who has helped the writer collected the data during the study.

8. His beloved family, for prayers, advices and supports and motivations.

9. His beloved friends in SBI class 2009, for togetherness.

10. His beloved friends in English Education class 2009 for pleasure.

The writer will appreciatively accept any criticism, suggestion, or comments since

nothing in the world is perfect including his writing. He hopes the thesis will be useful,

helpful, and able to give contribution to the readers.

Surakarta, January 2015

Wahyu Arta Saputra


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TABLE OF THE CONTENT

COVER …………………………………………………………………… i

PRONOUNCEMENT …………………………………………………… ii

TITLE …………………………………………………………………….. iii

APPROVAL ……………………………………………………………… iv

THE APPROVAL OF THE EXAMINERS ……………………………. v

ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………. vi

MOTTO ……………………………………………………………………. vii

DEDICATION …………………………………………………………….. viii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………………………………. ix

TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………… x

LIST OF THE APPENDICES ……………………………………………. xii

LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………. xiii

LIST OF FIGURE …………………………………………………………. xiv

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION................................................................... 1

A. Background of The Study ..................................................…………… 1

B. Problem Identification............................................................................. 5

C. Problem Limitation ………………………………........………………. 5

D. Problem Statement…………………………………………………….. 6

E. The Objective of The study……………………………………............. 6

F. Benefits of The Study…………...…………………………………....... 7

CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ……………….. 8

A. Review on Test……………………………………………………......... 8

1. The meaning of The Test …………………………………………... 8

2. Kinds of Test ………………………………………………………. 10

3. Types of Test Item …………………………………………………. 12

4. Multiple - Choice Item …………………………………….............. 14

B. Review on Item Analysis……………………………………………….. 21

1. Basic Concepts of Test Analysis …………………………………… 21

2. Qualitative Method …………………………………………………. 22


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3. Item Analysis……………………………………………………….. 24

a). Computing Item Difficulty……………………………………… 24

b). Computing Item Discriminating power…………………………. 25

c). construction on Multiple Choice Items………………………….. 27

C. Review on English Subject …………………………………………….. 29

1. Education Unit Level Curriculum (KTSP) ………………………… 29

2. English For Senior High School Grade XI …………………………. 31

D. Research Design ………………………………………………………… 33

CHAPTER III. RESARCH METHODOLOGY ……………………………. 34

A. Method Of Research ……………………………………………………. 34

B. Time and Place of The Study ………………………………………….. 34

C. Subject of The Study …………………………………………………… 34

D. Technique of Collecting The Data ……………………………………… 37

E. Technique of Analyzing The Data …………………………………….. 38

CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH FINDINGS ……………………………… ….. 42

A. The Description of The Data ………………………………………,…… 42

1. Analysis on Multiple Choice Item ………………………………….. 43

2. Analysis on The Content of the Items With The Syllabus …………. 78

3. Analysis on Constructing The items ………………………………... 78

a. Stem ……………………………………………………………. 79

b. Alternative ……………………………………………………… 82

B. Research Findings ……………………………………………………… 88

CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, SUGGESTION ………. 92

A. Conclusion ………………………………………………………….…... 92

B. Implication ……………………………………………………………… 93

C. Suggestion ………………………………………………………………. 93

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES


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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Worksheet ……………………………………………………….. 97

Appendix 2. Answer Key ……………………………………………………… 109

Appendix 3. Syllabus ………………………………………………………….. 110

Appendix 4. Table of Item’s Indicator Analysis ………………………………. 115

Appendix 5. Table of Analysis on Stem and Alternatives of the Items ……… 121

Appendix 6. Blue Print of the test ……………………………………………… 125

Appendix 7 List of Students Taken on the research …………………………... 128

Appendix 8 Students’ work sheets ……………………………………………... 129

Appendix 9. Letter of Permission ……………………………………………….. 134


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LIST OF THE TABLE

Table 3.1 The proportion on Stratified Sampling …………………………..... 37

Table 3.2 Technique of Collecting the Data …………………………………. 38

Table 3.3 Item’s Difficulty Level …………………………………………….. 39

Table 3.4 Item’s Discriminating Index ……………………………………….. 40

Table 4.1 The Result of Analysis on Content appropriateness………………… 78

Table 4.2 The Result of Analysis on Constructing the Stem…………………. 79

Table 4.3 The Result of Analysis on Constructing The alternatives………….. 82

Table 4.4 The Result of Item analysis on Multiple Choice Items……………... 88


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LIST OF THE FIGURE

Figure 2.1 Research Design …………………………………………………. 33

Figure 4.1 Pie Diagram of Discriminating Power …………………………… 89

Figure 4.2 Pie diagram of Item difficulty ……………………………………. 90

Figure 4.3 Pie Diagram of Content Appropriateness of the Items ………….... 90

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