An Evaluation Paradox: The Issues of Test Validity in the Realm of Writing Test as the Final School Examination in the Indonesian Senior High School Milieu
| Main Authors: | Imamyartha, David; Universitas Negeri Jember, Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry; Universitas Negeri Malang |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
IAIN Samarinda
, 2017
|
| Online Access: |
http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585 http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585/pdf_51 |
| ctrlnum |
article-585 |
|---|---|
| fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<dc schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><title lang="en-US">An Evaluation Paradox: The Issues of Test Validity in the Realm of Writing Test as the Final School Examination in the Indonesian Senior High School Milieu</title><creator>Imamyartha, David; Universitas Negeri Jember</creator><creator>Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry; Universitas Negeri Malang</creator><subject lang="en-US"/><description lang="en-US">Even though there are four English language skills in the Indonesia’s national curriculum at upper secondary schools, each of these skills is given an unequal emphasis since only reading and listening skills are formally tested in the national examination. Although writing competence possesses a particular stake as the determinant of students’ achievement after students undergo a three-year education at the upper secondary school level, it appears that the existing writing tests are low in terms of test validity, as demonstrated by a preliminary study. A further study is carried out to probe the issues of test validity by deploying the framework of test validity, which pertains to theory-based validity, context validity, scoring validity, criterion-related validity, and consequential validity in the scrutiny of the existing writing tests. It is revealed that the current writing tests are fraught with validity problems in all of these facets of test validity. This is corroborated by interview data in the preliminary study and the analysis of the existing writing tests. These particular issues obviously evoke an ambivalence between the exalted educational objectives in the national curricula and the edifice of English assessment. Based on the findings, several implications and directions rise for future praxis of writing assessment.</description><publisher lang="en-US">IAIN Samarinda</publisher><contributor lang="en-US"/><date>2017-06-24</date><type>Journal:Article</type><type>Other:info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</type><type>Journal:Article</type><type>File:application/pdf</type><identifier>http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585</identifier><identifier>10.21093/di.v17i1.585</identifier><source lang="en-US">Dinamika Ilmu; Dinamika Ilmu Vol 17 No 1, June 2017; 1-21</source><source>2442-9651</source><source>1411-3031</source><language>eng</language><relation>http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585/pdf_51</relation><rights lang="0">Copyright (c) 2017 Dinamika Ilmu</rights><rights lang="0"/><recordID>article-585</recordID></dc>
|
| language |
eng |
| format |
Journal:Article Journal Other:info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Other File:application/pdf File Journal:eJournal |
| author |
Imamyartha, David; Universitas Negeri Jember Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry; Universitas Negeri Malang |
| title |
An Evaluation Paradox: The Issues of Test Validity in the Realm of Writing Test as the Final School Examination in the Indonesian Senior High School Milieu |
| publisher |
IAIN Samarinda |
| publishDate |
2017 |
| url |
http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585 http://journal.iain-samarinda.ac.id/index.php/dinamika_ilmu/article/view/585/pdf_51 |
| contents |
Even though there are four English language skills in the Indonesia’s national curriculum at upper secondary schools, each of these skills is given an unequal emphasis since only reading and listening skills are formally tested in the national examination. Although writing competence possesses a particular stake as the determinant of students’ achievement after students undergo a three-year education at the upper secondary school level, it appears that the existing writing tests are low in terms of test validity, as demonstrated by a preliminary study. A further study is carried out to probe the issues of test validity by deploying the framework of test validity, which pertains to theory-based validity, context validity, scoring validity, criterion-related validity, and consequential validity in the scrutiny of the existing writing tests. It is revealed that the current writing tests are fraught with validity problems in all of these facets of test validity. This is corroborated by interview data in the preliminary study and the analysis of the existing writing tests. These particular issues obviously evoke an ambivalence between the exalted educational objectives in the national curricula and the edifice of English assessment. Based on the findings, several implications and directions rise for future praxis of writing assessment. |
| id |
IOS3647.article-585 |
| institution |
IAIN Samarinda |
| institution_id |
435 |
| institution_type |
library:university library |
| library |
Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam |
| library_id |
674 |
| collection |
Al-Tijary |
| repository_id |
3647 |
| city |
KOTA SAMARINDA |
| province |
KALIMANTAN TIMUR |
| repoId |
IOS3647 |
| first_indexed |
2017-07-11T03:24:32Z |
| last_indexed |
2017-08-01T01:02:30Z |
| recordtype |
dc |
| _version_ |
1685992214508863488 |
| score |
17.608969 |