An Analysis of the Eight-Grade Test’s Items of the Islamic Junior High School in Yogyakarta

Abstract

This study is a survey intended to determine the level of difficulty and power of discrimination of a final test 2018/2019 academic year with the use of multiple choice applied in the subject of Aqidah-Akhlak for the Islamic Junior High School’s Eighth Grade in Yogyakarta. Method of data collection use documentation review by analyzed 40 items of the multiple-choice questions provided by Ministry of Religion in Yogyakarta, which sample is MTs X by purpose sampling technique. This research was held by analyzing different levels of difficulty and power of discrimination of any item what used AnBuso versi 8.0 further interpreted into established criteria. The main source was the document of that multiple-choice instrument. The results showed that the level of difficulty was considered no proportional with 50% medium, 30% easy and 20% hard. Meanwhile, the power of discrimination was poor 24 items, fair 7 items, good with 6 items and 4 items satisfied. Therefore, it is not good assessment instrument to measure different capability of students.