This research is focus to examine the items of the English summative test
related to the validity and reliability of the English Summative Test of Junior High
School. The formulation of the problem in this study is how are the validity and
reliability of the English summative test for the ninth grade students of SMPN 3
Sungai Pandan.
This research used mixed method and the object of this research is to
analyze the validity and reliability of the English summative test items of SMPN 3
Sungai Pandan on the academic year of 2020/2021. The data sources was all answer
sheets from ninth grade students of SMPN 3 Sungai Pandan on the academic year
of 2020/2021, which consisted of 65 answer sheets. The instruments in this research
were collected through documents, analysis, and interviews. All data collected is
then processed through editing, classifying, tabulating, and interpreting data. Data
were analyzed mixed method, and concluded deductively and also inductively.
Based on the analysis of the test questions, it can be concluded that first, all
the items are valid, except items number 7, 8, and 19. Second, the summative test
of English for ninth grade students of SMPN 3 Sungai Pandan is reliable.