ANALYZING DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVE TEST USED BY AN ENGLISH TEACHER

This research is aimed at analyzing the difficulty level of subjective test made by an English teacher of SMA Negeri 1 Pendolo used in mid semester. The research used descriptive analysis. The population of this research was the Tenth grade students’ answer sheets. The sample of this research was selected through a cluster random sampling. As the result, students answer sheet in class A became the sample of this research. The instruments were in-depth interview and documentation. The respondent was an English teacher of SMA Negeri 1 Pendolo. The documents were the students’ answer sheet of subjective test in mid semester. The researcher found that the test items made by the teacher could be qualified in good test. There were 24 test items thatclassified in several categories; there were 13 items classified in medium category, 6 items in easy category, 4 items in difficulty category and one item in the most difficult category. In conclusion, the test used by the teacher in mid semester can be categorized in good test in term of level of difficulty because most of items were in medium category. Keywords: difficulty level; subjective test