Based on the indicator that follows: ―Given three brief paragraphs of different themes on which every second half of every 2nd word is mutilated, students fill in the blank spaces in the mutilated words
of the paragraphs correctly, the most appropriate scoring scheme relevant to the assessment procedure is….
A. scoring with a penalty
B. dichotomous scoring
C. primary-trait scoring
D. polytomous scoring
E. weighted scoring
Kunci jawaban: B (dichotomous scoring)
PEMBAHASAN :
– Untuk menjawab soal nomor 18, berikut adalah cara menjawabnya: Menemukan kata kuncinya students fill in the blank spaces in the mutilated words of the paragraphs correctly. Kemudian melihat pilihan jawaban dari soal nomor tersebut.
– Kata kunci tersebut menandakan bahwa tipe evaluasi yang digunakan berdasar ciri-ciri tersebut ialah B. dichotomous scoring. Artinya dalam mengembangkan prosedur penilaian bahasa, guru bisa menerapkan tipe dua atau lebih dari dua pilihan bagi test takers. Dichotomous mempunyai arti dividing into two parts. Berikut penjelasannya: “Dichotomous scoring refers to the assignment of one or two possible values based on a person‟s performance or response to a test question. A simple example is the use of correct and incorrect to score a cognitive item response. These values are mutually exclusive, and describe the correctness of a response in the simplest terms possible, as completely incorrect or completely correct. Most cognitive tests involve at least some dichotomously scored items. Multiple-choice questions are usually scored dichotomously”.
