Assessing Content Validity of Prtimary Education Completion English Examina Tion of Snnprs: 2002 E.C. in Focus
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2011-05
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Addis Ababa Universiy
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess whether or not 'content validity' had
been achieved between the language contents of the Grades 7 and 8 English
Textbooks and the 2002 E. C Primary Education Completion English Examination
of South Nations, Nationalities and peoples Regional State (SNN, PRS). To this
effect, the study set out specifically to (1) determine whether 'the 2002 E.C
English examination comprises a reasonable representative samples of the
language content areas of the two textbooks. (2) find out the degree of the extent
of Textbook-Examination relationship (3) examine the allocation of percentages to
the content areas of the two textbooks.
Descriptive study was used for it explains the present situation of the problem
and attempts to measure the problem exists without questioning why it exists.
The major data gathering tool employed in this study was 'content analyses. It
was assumed to help get a brief summary of the contents of the textbooks and
the exam. This tool was substantiated by unstructured interview which was held
with the test constructors and the director of Teaching-Learning Ass/Core Process
in South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State Education Bureau
(SNNPRSEB).
The content validity analysis of the contents of the textbooks and the exam was
done by employing different steps. First, contents of the exam and the textbooks
were classified into major language content areas. Then, these content areas
were analyzed and presented in a summary table, showing the frequencies of the
content areas both in figures and percentages. After this, the extent of
relationship between frequencies from the analyses of the textbooks and
frequencies from the analyses of the examination questions has been determined
using the Sidney Siegel's formula.
The results of the study showed that the degree of the extent of relationship
between the textbook coverage and the examination content areas was found to
be low since the correlation coefficient between the two observations reads 0.21.
The allocation of percentages to content areas was also characterized by a
disproportionate distribution. Besides, the match between the content of the
textbooks and the exam was also distorted because of the inclusion of some
tasks which did not appear in the textbooks. On the basis of the results, it was
concluded. that the exam lacked content validity.
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