English Teachers’ Challenges in Constructing Remote English Summative Assessment during Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to investigate English teachers’ challenges in constructing remote English summative assessments for junior high school students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with descriptive research in case study design. The results of this study obtained from 33 English teachers of Junior High schools from 8 big provinces in Indonesia highlighted technical problems and the validity and reliability of the test become the main challenges when the teachers construct a remote summative assessment for junior high school students. Furthermore, the researchers concluded that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, most junior high school teachers face many challenges and can overcome those problems by being tech-savvy teachers. Keywords: COVID-19, English Teacher Challenges, Remote Learning, Summative Assessment