Item analysis of Grade 7 Mathematics teacher’s made examination
With 40 items and 40 students as a respondent
Question Number of Index of Index of difficulty for Index of difficulty Index of Teacher’s Action
number students got difficulty upper 27% for lower 27% discrimination
the right
answer
1 7 0.175 0.1 0.025 0.075 Revise/ difficult
2 37 0.925 0.275 0.225 0.05 Retain
3 29 0.725 0.2 0.15 0.05 Retain
4 28 0.7 0.225 0.1 0.125 Retain
5 16 0.4 0.15 0.025 0.125 Revise/ difficult
6 8 0.2 0.05 0 0.05 Revise/ easy
7 32 0.8 0.275 0.175 0.1 Retain
8 25 0.625 0.15 0.125 0.025 Revise/ easy
9 33 0.825 0.2 0.25 -0.05 Retain
10 12 0.3 0.1 0 0.1 Retain
11 18 0.45 0.2 0 0.2 Revise/ difficult
12 8 0.2 0.125 0 0.125 Retain
13 18 0.45 0.225 0.025 0.2 Retain
14 16 0.4 0.225 0 0.225 Retain
15 21 0.525 0.2 0.075 0.125 Retain
16 23 0.525 0.2 0.1 0.1 Revise/ difficult
17 0 0 0 0 0 Revise/ difficult
18 0 0 0 0 0 Revise/ difficult
19 0 0 0 0 0 Revise/ difficult
20 0 0 0 0 0 Revise/ difficult
Conclusion: Revise and repair
The said examination must be guided by the blooms taxonomy’s standard in making a test. Some of the items of the said examination were
answered by the students in upper 27% group and lower 27% group with the same difficulty level (very easy) and some of the items also were
answered by the said groups had also the same difficulty level (very difficult). Therefore as a conclusion it must be revise and repair by the
teacher.
Note: items number 17-20 are all problem solving or said to be application of their learnings.