ANALISIS HASIL BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK DALAM LITERASI MEMBACA MELALUI STUDI INTERNASIONAL (PIRLS) 2011

Abstract
This study aims to describe: (a) Indonesian students' reading skills in the international
level, (b) their skills in solving literary and non-literary test items, and (c) factors affecting
their problem solving skills. This study employed the exploratory descriptive approach
and document analysis. The data source was the database of IEA Program PIRLS 2011
taken from PIRLS-almanac and TPIRLS-item released. The results of the study are as
follows. First, the average attainment of Indonesian students' reading skills is lower than
the international median. Second, their problem solving skills improved from 2006 to 2011,
especially in the high, moderate, and low levels, but there was no improvement in the
excellent level. Third, the problem solving skills are affected by: (a) a tendency to answer
questions by guessing, (b) the poor construction of stems and options, (c) poor quality
discourses, (d) reading competence development which is not maximum, (e) inadequate
reading habit development, (f) inappropriate literary theories taught, (g) answers which
are varied according teachers and students, and (h) test items that do not usually appear
in the national examination.
Keywords: reading skills, national examination, literary and non-literary test items