Since our two weeks of teaching in SMANSA is their first meeting for the semester, we do not get to witness exams.
I, personally, did not witness a pen and paper test being conducted. After the lesson, my cooperating teacher will assess student's learning through an oral recitation.
During our orientation, we asked Pa Kuswara on how they assess student's learning, and he showed us this:
" Assessment in Curriculum 2013
Minimum Completeness Criteria
Curriculum 2013 is a competency-based curriculum with Basic Competency (BC) as a minimum competency that must be achieved by students. To find out the achievement of BC, the teacher must formulate a number of indicators as a reference for assessment and the school must also determine minimal learning completeness or minimum completeness criteria to decide whether a student has completed or not. The minimum criteria describes the quality of the school, therefore the minimum criteria every year needs to be evaluated and it is expected that gradually there will be an increase in the criteria.
Minimum completeness criteria (MCC) is determined by the education unit referring to the Graduates' Competency Standards taking into account the characteristics of the students, the characteristics of the subjects, and the conditions of the education unit. MCC is formulated at least by taking into account 3 (three) aspects, namely material / competency complexity, intake (quality of students), and teachers and carrying capacity of educational units.
The score of completeness of the competency aspects of knowledge and skills is expressed in the form of numbers and letters, namely 0-100 for numbers, while the description of achievement of competencies is written with letters A to D. In the school year 2018/2019 SMAN 1 Majalengka sets the minimum Learning Completion Criteria for Aspects of knowledge are determined with an average score of 75 and for skills aspects are determined with optimum achievement at a score of 75.
Assessments
Assessment is the process of gathering and processing information to measure student learning outcomes. Based on Minister of Education and Culture regulation number 23 of 2016 Article 2 stated that the assessment of primary and secondary education consists of:
1. Assessment of learning outcomes by Teachers;
2. Assessment of learning outcomes by Schools; and
3. Assessment of learning outcomes by the Government.
The assessment by educators is carried out in the form of tests, observations, assignments, and/or other forms needed. The assessment by education units is carried out in the form of final assessments, school examinations and national standard school examinations.
Assessment of student learning outcomes includes aspects of attitudes, knowledge, and skills. Assessment of attitude aspects is done through observation and other relevant assessment techniques, and reporting is the responsibility of homeroom teacher. Assessment of aspects of knowledge is carried out through written tests, oral tests, and assignments in accordance with the competencies assessed. Skills assessment is carried out through practices, products, projects, portfolios and /or other techniques in accordance with the competencies assessed.
Assessment by Schools
Assessment of learning outcomes by schools is the process of gathering information / data on learning outcomes of students in the knowledge aspects and skills aspects carried out in a planned and systematic manner, aiming to assess the achievement of Graduate Competency Standards for all subjects, in the form of final assessments and school examinations.
The final assessment in question is an activity carried out to measure the achievement of competency of students at the end of the semester and / or the end of the year, while the school exam is an activity carried out to measure student competency achievement in recognition of learning achievements and / or completion of an educational unit. The final semester assessment coverage is all indicators that represent Basic Competences in odd semester, while the scope of material at the end of year assessment includes all indicators that represent Basic Competences in the even semester. School exam material includes Basic Competence which represents achievement of Graduate Competency Standards.
The results of assessments by teachers and schools are used to make improvements and / or education quality assurance at the school level. In order to improve and / or guarantee education quality, the school has to sets criteria for minimum completeness, criteria for class upgrading, and graduation criteria from the school. All of these criteria must be stated in the document school curriculum." - (This is the exact file sent by Pa Kuswara)
