THE ANALYSIS OF SEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH FINAL TEST INSTRUMENT APPLIED IN SOUTH DISTRICT GRESIK SCHOOLS

This study focused on the seventh grade English final test based on national
curriculum in South district Gresik. This research analysed the test appropriateness
regarding to basic competence and students levels, difficulty levels, discrimination
power, validity, and reliability of the test item. The object was the students’ score and
the English final test from three different samples of the south district Gresik
population. This study used exploratory sequential design of mixed method. The result
showed that the content of English final test content was suitable with the basic
competence and assessment of the National syllabus of English subject. But it doesn’t
meet the validity and reliability aspects. However, each item of the test does not have
equal distribution and difficulty level. Only one item of the question has appropriate
discrimination power. In conclusion, the test item does not meet complete criteria of
good test and need revision in order to have a representative result of students’ final
assessment. This research suggests that Teachers community (MGMP) who in-charged
in creating the final test instrument to have further training on creating valid and
reliable assessment, which not only rely on the content validity but also reliability of
test items.