Abstract :
This thesis presents research on the activity of analyzing the quality of
English tests through an item analysis program. This research aims to determine the
quality of the test, the extent to which the test can be relied upon to test students'
abilities. This study uses a qualitative method. The sample consisted of an English
teacher at Watampone State Junior High School and an English test that the teacher
made. This thesis is intended to find two problems. The first problem is to find out
the teacher's experience in applying item analysis. Based on the results of
observations and interviews, it was found that the teacher could not do item analysis.
the second problem is to determine the quality of the tests made by the teacher
through item analysis. from the results of the analysis, it was obtained that of the 20
items there were several items that were not valid. Some of them have no effective
options, are very difficult, too easy and even have low negative discrimination. The
analysis showes that the mean score is 7.7, the standard deviation is 1.1. There are 8
proper questions and 12 improper questions. The reliability value is 0.47, which
means the test is not reliable.