AN ITEM ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST FOR SECOND
GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP
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????
