Development of Literacy Aspects Class Minimum Competency Assessment Instruments With 21st Century Skills for Class VII Junior High School Students

Abstract

Assessment is the process of collecting information about students (through various sources of evidence), regarding what they know and what they do. Efforts to improve the quality of learning can be achieved through improving the quality of the assessment system. The need for classroom AKM equipment for junior high schools is very large. Class AKM is related to measuring students' competence in thinking or reasoning in reading texts and solving problems that require literacy knowledge. The aim of this research is to analyze the development needs required in the AKM class instrument for literacy aspects through 21st century skills for junior high school students and develop an instrument design. The approach used in this research is a qualitative descriptive approach, with a research and development (R&D) approach. The data sources used were students and teachers at SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Semarang and SMP Negeri 37 Semarang. The results of the needs analysis according to the perception of students and teachers, the characteristics needed are a model for developing minimum competency assessment instruments for classes with literacy aspects with 21st century skills. In the model for developing minimum competency assessment instruments for classes with literacy aspects with 21st century skills, several Indonesian language learning materials are represented, namely materials fantasy story text with critical thinking aspects, poetry and gurindam pantun material with communication aspects, observation report material with creative thinking aspects, fiction and non-fiction story text material with collaboration aspects, and descriptive text material with critical thinking aspects. Keywords: Assessment, 21st Century Skills, Students, Teacher