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Pengelola Jurnal
“English Empower: Journal of Linguistics and Literature”
Pelindung:
Drs. H. Joko Siswanto, M.Si.
Penanggungjawab:
Dr. H. Purwoko, M.Si.
Yuli Rohbiyanto, M.Pd.
Dewan Editor:
Kuntum Trilestari, M.Pd. (Universitas Tamansiswa)
Mitra Bestari:
Machdalena Vianty, M.Ed., M.Pd., Ed.D. (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Drs. Mulyadi, M.A. (Universitas PGRI)
Robi Soma, M.Pd. (Universitas Jambi)
Pemimpin Redaksi:
Joko Priyono Saputro, M.Pd. (Universitas Tamansiswa)
Sekretaris Redaksi:
Nurul Fitriyah A., M.Pd. (Universitas Tamansiswa)
Staff Redaksi:
Nurfisi Arriyani, M.Pd.
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of each school level, elementary, middle based assessment. There was a strong
school and high school. Although, a non- consideration to abolish the nation-wide
standardized testing policy was endorsed standardized testing. As a result, Ebtanas
for the next seven years, where schools for the elementary school was eliminated
were given the authority to design and hold 2002, and for the secondary education, the
the final exam based on the guidelines from number of subjects for the national exams,
the central government. In 1980, compared to the previously five and seven
Indonesia went back to the centralized subjects respectively.
exam system. Evaluasi Belajar Tahap The new form of nation-wide standard-
Akhir Nasional (National Final Learning ized exam was called Ujian Akhir Nasional
Evaluation), commonly shortened as (National Final Examination), which was
Ebtanas, was implemented for twenty-one more popular with the acronym UAN. The
years. subjects tested were Indonesian Language,
Ebtanas was used for three main English, and Mathemathics. It was up to
purposes. Firstly, it was used to determine the schools and provinces to decide
students' path for their further education. If whether or not they required students to
they were able to obtain high scores, they take final tests on other subjects.
were eligible to choose favorite schools in Initially the passing grade was 3.01 out
their next education level. Failure to do so of 10.0. As everything was running as
would force them to attend schools of expected in 2004 the Ministry of Education
lower quality and most likely the private decided to raise the minimum threshold for
ones, which would cost more. If their the passing to 4.01. This decision faced
family was quite well off, then they could strong opposition from many parents and
attend good private schools, usually by teachers, because they feared it would be
paying some considerable amount of too difficult for a great number of students
donation to the school development. to obtain the minimum of 4.01 for all three
Secondly, it also served as the tool to filter subjects. This concern turned out to be the
students to the next educational level, truth. Shocked by the unexpectedly poor
because of the smaller number of available results, the Ministry of Education reacted
school as the students' progressed to the quickly by drawing a conversion table to
next education level. Thirdly, it was also equalize the students' achievements.
utilized as a mapping tool to inform quality Heavily criticized as introducing a great
improvement in Indonesian education. element of gross injustice in scoring, this
In Ebtanas scheme, the decision about system had students who answered more
student graduation was largely in the hands than half of the test questions correctly see
of the schools. Thus, students who their final scores lowered in order to
performed poorly in these tests were still subsidize the ones who did very poorly on
able to graduate as they could perform well the tests.
in school. Ebtanas scores were just part of Under the new cabinet in 2005, the new
total scoring component for students' Ministry of Education was still determined
graduation, besides the provincial exams, to conduct the similar form of tests, which
and school grades. was given a new name, Ujian Nasional
The fall of authoritarian government in (National Examination), shortened as UN.
1998 breathed some new air of reformation Despite heavy criticisms for the previous
in all sectors of development in Indonesia, UAN, UN still used the same format,
including education. The initial reforma- testing three subjects, Mathematics,
tion effort in education touched a number Indonesian language, and English to
of issues, such as decentralized education students at the end of their senior year in
system, school-based-management, com- middle school and high school. Moreover,
petence based curriculum and portfolio- UN raised the new minimum threshold,
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where tests are designed to produce a wide rural areas must be so aggrieved, not only
range of scores, with most the test-takers because they have poorer access to
score in the average range and only few education facilities but they also have less
can reach the high scores. Third, it is chances of passing the exam. It seems that
culturally bias; different cultures have government does not consider the fairness
different areas of strengths that are of National Examination (Lubis, 2010).
emphasized. Some value memorization, Most of the exam candidates, simply feel
some value personal and social national examination is an unfair test. If the
responsibility. Also poverty and oppressive government wants to have a standardized
social conditions may influence the test- examination, they should also standardized
takers in the standardized tests. the school quality, teachers' competences
When a standardized test is used as the and the facilities needed in the learning and
tool to determine the students' academic teaching proves for each school in
future, it can be considered as high-stakes Indonesia.
testing. Janesick (2001) explained that the It also happens in English examination,
term 'high-stakes testing' refers to the test since all of the questions are made by the
“for which the consequences of a students' government, even they are based on the
score are extremely serious.” He argued standardized competence stated in the
that the high-stakes testing would harm curriculum, and it will be unfair to be tested
low income and minority students because in every single area in Indonesia. Since
funding would be taken away from the students' competences will be different in
poor-scoring schools. Moreover, listing every area. When the students who live in
schools as failing schools based on the the city which have good facilities,
high-stakes testing results would give an qualified teachers, relevant materials, and
impact to the students, who might consider much exposure from the teachers, it will be
themselves as failing students as well. easier for them to do the test as they have
Moreover, it has also been used as the got a lot of treatments and try out in their
criteria to decide students' graduation. school. Meanwhile, the students who are
Darling-Hammond (1994) suggested coming from the district area will have big
that the multiple-choice tests of probabilities to fail the test because they
contextualized bits of information cannot sometimes get difficulties in answering the
capture the “minimum skills needed for questions. In addition, reading compre-
employment and future education in order hension test which is full of text will
to graduate”. Furthermore, she probably frustrate them as they do not have
emphasized, “…the use of tests as a sole any prior knowledge of those materials.
determinant of graduation imposes heavy The school where they go to also has
personal and societal costs, without limited facility to support teaching and
obvious social benefits.” (p.14) learning activities in the classroom. They
Since the national examination is a are lack of qualified teachers to teach
standardized examination which is and train them to face the national
nationally carried out by the central examination.
government, the type of questions given to
urban and rural areas will be similar. The The Impact of National Examination
controversy here is whether or not the As national examination is a very high
government enables to fail or pass the stakes test, it is believed that such exam
students when the quality of education in could have a significant effect on the
rural and urban areas is so different. Urban education system. Many arguments that
areas might have better facilities and high the UN has had negative impacts on
qualified teachers compared to those in students' education, but there are actually
rural areas (Dienim, 2008). The students in some positive effects, they are:
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