The Quality of Course Subject Test Items In Sundanese Language Education Program Haris Santosa Nugraha, Temmy Widyastuti and Ade Sutisna Department of Sundanese Language Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia {harissantosa89, temmy.widyastuti, ade.sutisna}@upi.edu Keywords: Validity, Reliability, Difficulty, Discriminating, Feasibility. Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the quality of test items of course subjects in the even semester of 2016/2017 academic year in the Department of Sundanese Language Education of Language and Literature Faculty, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The evaluation is based on the validity, reliability, difficulty, and discriminating power as the basis for determining the feasibility of the test items. This research used quantitative approach with descriptive-analysis method. The data source in this study were taken purposively on the subjects of the categories of learning, language, literature, and culture, that used 160 test items of multiple choice questions type. Documentation Study Technique is used in collecting the data. While data processing technique is processed by compiling, tabulation, scoring, and interpretation. The results of this study are as follow: 1) the test items tested level of validity is 59% valid and 41% is not valid; 2) the test items reliability level is mediocre; 3)the test items difficulty level consisted of 58% moderate, 20% easy, 14% difficult, 7% very easy, and 2% is very difficult; 4) the discriminating power distributed to 2% is very good, 10% is good, 43% is adequate, 39% is inadequate, and the remaining 6% is very inadequate; and 5) the test items analysed feasibility level distributed to 67% is feasible, 12% must be revised, and 21% must be changed. 1 INTRODUCTION Learning evaluation test is one way to measure the achievement of the implemented learning process. By learning evaluation, educators will be able to recognize the advantages and disadvantages of the learning process that has been done. Thus, the results of the evaluation can be used as a benchmark for the improvement of the insufficiency existed. As meant for improving the teaching method, choosing the right learning method, the use of instructional media, and so forth. The purpose of the learning evaluation test is to obtain information about the lack of the items test, as a "guide" in making improvements (Arikunto, 2013). This can be completed by processing the test results properly. According to Purwanto (in Sridadi, 2002) proper processing of learning outcomes can be done by means of test items analysis and calculate the validity and reliability of the items that aimed to identify the test items used, whether the items are good, mediocre or insufficient. According to Nurgiantoro (2013) a good and qualified test items is supported by qualified test items, its effectiveness, and its accountability. Quality test items evaluation activities conducted by educators as a means of determining the feasibility of the test items in order to improve the quality of test items that have been made. This activity is conducted as a process of collecting, summarizing, and using the information from students' answers as a basis for making decisions about each assessment (Nitko, 1996). In addition, the purpose of the test items analysis also helps in improving test items evaluation result through revision or disposing the ineffective test items, as well as recognizing the student's diagnostic information about the comprehension of the teaching material already taught. Therefore, to determine the quality estimation of the test items it is necessary to analyse the validity of the test instrument, overall test consistency, difficulty level balance and good discriminating power. The validity test is usually used in measuring the validity of the test instrument. According to Nurgiantoro (2013) the process of testing the validity of the test instrument is done based on some consideration; (1) validity refers to the feasibility of 658 Nugraha, H., Widyastuti, T. and Sutisna, A. The Quality of Course Subject Test Items In Sundanese Language Education Program. DOI: 10.5220/0007172806580663 In Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and the Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with the First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE 2017) - Literacy, Culture, and Technology in Language Pedagogy and Use, pages 658-663 ISBN: 978-989-758-332-2 Copyright © 2018 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved