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Developing Argumentative Essay Writing Test

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Anshari Syafar
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Available Online February 2018.
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.26How to use a DOI?
Keywords
argumentative essay test; test format; scoring guide; test validity; realibility, prompt, grading
Abstract

This article is to develop argumentative writing test needs thoroughly analysis to have appropriate test which possess high quality of validity and reliability. Writing test which has been developed in this study is argumentative writing test which is so-called Test Development Plan. The test was designed and developed on the basis of general objective of the course "Writing IV" of English Study Program Universitas Tadulako. Aspects of the test were developed systematically including critical revision, reformulation, and justification of the test format to come up with general and specific objectives of the test draft. Then, the draft was subsequently developed by setting up criteria, prompt, and scoring guide for designing and producing an appropriate format of argumentative essay writing test. The developed fomat test was tried out by asking students to write argumentative essays based on the topics assigned. The students' essays were graded by two raters to have scores for analyzing its validity and reliability. After analyzing scores given by the two raters, the developed test indicates to have high validity and reliability. Furthermore, the test has fulfilled standard of argumentative essay test and it is applicable for measuring and grading students' skill in writing argumentative essay.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
February 2018
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978-94-6252-486-6
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.26How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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