An Analysis of Summative Test on The Eighth Grade of Muhammadiyah Junior High School of Yogyakarta
Nurul Aisyah, S.Pd.I., M.Pd.
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia, nurulaisyah[at]umy.ac.id
Abstract
This piece of work was aimed to survey intended to determine the level of difficulty and power of discrimination of a final test with the use of multiple choice applied in the subject of Aqidah-Akhlak for the Muhammadiyah Junior High School-s Eighth Grade in Yogyakarta. Sample of this survey is 200 students of the Muhammadiyah Junior High School-s Eighth Grade in Yogyakarta. It analyzed 40 items of the multiple-choice questions provided by a group of teachers provided by Muhammadiyah provincial board. This research was held by analyzing different levels of difficulty and discrimination index of any items further interpreted into established criteria. The main source was the document of that multiple-choice instrument. The results showed that the difficulty index was considered proportional with 60% moderate, 27% easy and 13% hard. Meanwhile, the power of discrimination was good with 25% good, 62% fair and 13% poor. Therefore, it is not good assessment instrument to measure capability of pupils. Enhancing the quality of test especially on administering and developing Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will make easier for teacher assessing the quality of learning and more able to is measuring the capability pupils into learning competences.
Keywords: Multiple-choice; summative item analysis; difficulty index; discrimination index
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies