Curriculum changing from KTSP to 2013 curriculum was resulted in a paradigm change in several national education standards. According to Mohammad Nuh, curriculum change due to socio-cultural change, the needs of the industry, and science. There are four standards that must be completed such as content standard, process standard, standard of competency, and assessment standard.
The problems of this research are how is the implementation of learning assessment based on the 2013 in ELT class at SMP N 2 Kendal, is there any problem of the implementation of learning assessment based on the 2013 curriculum in ELT class, and how to solve the problem of the implementation of learning assessment based on the 2013 curriculum in ELT class at VII and VIII grade of SMP N 2 Kendal?
The objective of this study is to find out the data about the implementation of learning assessment in ELT class based on the 2013 curriculum at SMP N 2 Kendal, the problem of the implementation of learning assessment in ELT class based on the 2013 curriculum at SMP N 2 Kendal, and problem solving of the implementation of learning assessment in ELT class based on the 2013 curriculum at SMP N 2 Kendal.
The study was conducted at SMP N 2 Kendal. In this research, data relates learning assessment based on the 2013 curriculum in ELT class at VII and VIII grade of SMP N 2 Kendal. The sources of data are document related to the 2013 curriculum and learning assessment, English teacher and vice principal concerning with curriculum. So, this is a descriptive qualitative research. The techniques of data collection was used by the writer are interview, observation and documentation.
And the final result of this research is the implementation of learning assessment based on the 2013 curriculum in ELT class at VII and VIII grade of SMP N 2 Kendal is suitable with the procedure. But there are some problems on the implementation of learning assessment based on the 2013 curriculum such as cost of assessment. Besides that conversion change and journal assessment also makes the teacher difficult in making assessment. It is because the teachers’ understanding about new curriculum still minimum, but they are always effort to implement the 2013 curriculum maximally by follow the training organized from government, MGMP, and IHT. In addition, in the sidelines of the break, the teacher did not hesitate to ask about 2013 curriculum to other teachers when they feel confused.