In junior high school English has been introduced as one of the
compulsory subjects. All of students started to learn listening, writing, reading and
speaking skills in English class. Assessment is very important in the teaching and
learning process, all subjects must be assessed properly to know how much
progress and achievement the student has. The Merdeka Curriculum is a new
curriculum introduced by the Ministry of Education in Indonesia in 2020. The
Merdeka Curriculum is designed to be more flexible, and learning is more
centered on the students themselves. This study seeks to provide useful
information for educators and book publishers by using qualitative research
design, content analysis and theories underlying the methodology of this study.
The subject of the research is the seventh grade English book entitled ‘English For
Nusantara’. Based on the findings and discussion, the researcher found that
diagnostic assessment is an activity carried out by teachers before conducting
learning. This assessment has two main functions, a) Reviewing the difficulties or
problems being experienced by students, b) Planning further action efforts to
resolve problems or difficulties. Diagnostic assessment through mind mapping,
face to face practice, writing down what students know. Some forms of formative
assessment, for example: daily assignments, presentations, projects, or quizzes.
While summative assessment carried out through tests, projects, and practice.
Assessment based on the merdeka curriculum has been applied in the seventh
grade English book 'English For Nusantara'. In each English skills (reading,
listening, speaking, and writing), it already contains an assessment based on the
merdeka curriculum. This study is very useful for providing information to
anyone who wants to know and research about the assessment of the merdeka
curriculum in English books.