ANALYZING THE CONTENT VALIDITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS MADE TEST OF KOLOBO SECONDARY SCHOOL: GRADE NINE IN FOCUS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess whether grade nine second semester English language teacher made final exam in Kolobo secondary school fairly represent the content coverage and adequate sampling of the objectives stated in the textbook. To attain this objective, a descriptive case study research design including both quantitative and qualitative research approaches was employed. The required data for the study were collected using grade nine English language textbook, teacher made final exam and semi structured interview. The subjects of this study were selected using available sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed by using Chi-square, Test of Independence and Cramer's Coefficient of Contingency to test the goodness-of-fit and strength of association between the contents of the textbooks and sample TMTs respectively. The findings of the study revealed that the degree of relationship and strength of association between the contents of the sample TMTs and textbooks were found to be different and have weak strength of association, the result of the study generally shows that the exam papers had problems in adequately sampling all sections of the language items. Especially, grammar and reading dominated the exams whereas listening skill was totally ignored in the testing system. This indicates a mismatch in allocating the test items with contents in the textbooks. Besides, the less emphasis goes on praising listening and speaking as the former is not tested at all and the latter is not tested beyond paper and pencil dialogue format. Thus, the findings account for the students’ low level of global language competence