ABSTRACT
The objectives of the research are : (1) to find out whether the multiple- choice items of English summative test for the third grade junior high school students in Surakarta in 2014/2015 academic year have fulfilled the criteria of good test or not; and (2) To describe whether the multiple-choice items of English summative test for the third grade junior high school students in Surakarta in 2014/2015 academic year have fulfilled the criteria of good test item viewed from difficulty level, discrimination level, and effectiveness distractor or not.
The research focuses on the description analysis of the test item seen from the score and language content analysis based on the quantitative data which is obtained through an item analysis. The subject of the study is the students’ answer sheets of English summative test for the first semester of the third grade junior high school students in Surakarta 2014/2015 academic year. The data were taken from 100 students’ answer sheets of English summative test in five schools in Surakarta. The appropriateness of the test items is analyzed by using item analysis technique. The analysis was considered by using three aspects i.e. index of discriminating power, level of difficulty and the effectiveness of distractors.
The research finding shows that (1) the proportion of the difficulty level shows the percentage of 13% for very difficult item, 22% for very easy item, and 64% for satisfactory item; (2) only 35% of all test items have appropriate index of discriminating power; and (3) only 49% of the distractors are effective since they were selected by the students. Based on the three criteria of a good test item above, there are only 46% of multiple choice items fulfilling the criteria of a good test items.
Finally, it is suggested that the teacher and test publisher should follow up the result of the research. In constructing the test items, the test maker should consider the students’ ability and three criteria of good test item.