Item Analysis of English School Final Exam Distributed in Islamic Junior High School Bahrul Ulum

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the quality of English school final exam distributed for Islamic junior high school Bahrul Ulum academic year 2021/2022. In order to know the quality of the item test, the analysis can be done by investigating the validity, reliability, item difficulty, item discrimination, and the efficacy of item distractors. These aspects will be analyzed by using ITEMAN 4.3 program as an effective solution for item test analysis because it is simple, efficient, and thorough. This study used descriptive quantitative method in form of document analysis which intended to describe and evaluate the quality of item test. It used quantitative approach because the data are in the form of scores and numbers. The respondents of this study were taken from English school final exam of 9th-grade students in Islamic Junior High School Bahrul Ulum academic year 2021/2022 which consists of 50 multiple choice items from 31 students. To acquire data, the researcher requires multiple instruments, one of which is documentation. They are the test question, the students’ answer sheet, and the answer key. Based on the result, the content validity indicates that 30% of the item tests cover the seventh-grade material which consists of 15 questions. 20% of the item tests cover the eighth-grade material consisting of 10 questions and 25% of the item tests cover the ninth-grade material consisting of 25 questions. However, those proportions still do not cover the whole material in the syllabus. The reliability of the test is 0.91 which is categorized as reliable so that it can be consistent if it is about to be tested again. The difficulty level of the item test is 0.60 or 60% which is considered to be good. The average score of item discrimination is 0.38 considered as satisfactory. So there are still many items that need to be revised again to improve the quality. Item distractors classified as effective have a percentage of 48% which is smaller than the percentage of less effective items. So, there are still many items that need to be revised and removed. In conclusion, the quality of English school final exam distributed in Islamic junior high school Bahrul Ulum academic year 2021/2022 in terms of validity, reliability, item difficulty, item discrimination, and item distractors absolutely needs improving.