An Item Analysis on English Summative Test for Second Grade
Students
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This introduction chapter presents
background of the study, statement of
research problems,
objectives of the
research, significance of
the research, scope and limitation of
the research, and definition of key terms.
A.
Background of the Research
Evaluation
is an important part of every
teaching and learning experience. It gives
big contribution for the teaching and
it provides information about the students‟ progress which can be used by
the teachers to manage the learning task and
students. As stated by Dicksin et al
(1992:3): “Evaluation is important for the
teacher because it provides a wealth of
information to use for the future
direction of classroom practice, for the
planning of courses and for the
management of learning tasks and students”.
Evaluation also can be said as the
process to make desirable decision toward
teaching and learning based on the
information that has been collected, synthesized,
and reflected on. Lyle F. Bachman
(1990:22) states, “Evaluation can be
defined as the systematic gathering of
information for the purpose of making decision”.
Depending
on the decision being made and the
information a teacher needs in order to
inform that decision, testing often
contribute to the process as the implementation
of evaluation. Surely, a test is one
kind of evaluation???????????
