Item Analysis Of English Final Test Of Junior High School

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the quality of the English final test items of seventh grade in a public school located in Banjarmasin. The research used the descriptive method with a quantitative approach because it tries to describe the test items’ quality. It was analyzed by using ITEMAN 3.0. The sample of this research was the English final test for seventh-grade students at SMPN 24 Banjarmasin. The research findings show that: (1) based on the content validity, all items are in harmony with the learning objective in the syllabus. Moreover, based on item validity, there are 41 items (82%) considered valid items; (2) the reliability of the English final test is categorized as high reliability with Cronbach alpha 0.800; (3) there were 16% of items considered as difficult items, 44% items were considered as moderate items, and 40% items were considered as easy items; (4) 2% of the items have very poor discrimination power, 16% of the items have poor discrimination power, 22% of the items have satisfactory discrimination power, 50% of the items have good discrimination power, and 10% of the items have very good discrimination power; (5) 9% of the items have very bad distractor efficiency, 16% of the items have bad distractor efficiency, 24% of the items have good distractor efficiency, and 54% of the items have very good distractor efficiency; (6) based on the quality of the item, 64% of the items need to be revised or discarded. In conclusion, the test still needs some revisions and improvements.