SOCRATIVE AS AN ONLINE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT: THE CASE OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 CEPIRING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Putri, Dzinnuraini Maulina. 2022. Socrative as an Online Formative Assessment
To Improve The Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement: The Case
Of Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 1 Cepiring in the Academic Year
2021/2022. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and
arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1: Dr. Wiyaka, M.Pd.,
Advisor 2: Entika Fani Prastikawati, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Keywords: Socrative, online formative assessment, reading comprehension.
The change in educational adjustment during the COVID-19 period requires
teachers to use technology in learning. The use of technology in education plays a
important role in language assessment. The teachers need to know the effect of
students’ achievement and students’ perceptions in using online assessment tools.
This research aimed to investigate the students’ improvement of reading
comprehension and students’ perception of Socrative as an online formative
assessment. This study applied a quasi-experimental design and a closed
questionnaire to collect data. Two classes consisted of 32 students (16 students in
the control class; 16 students in the experimental class) who participated in this
study in SMA Negeri 1 Cepiring, Central Java, Indonesia. The collected data were
then analyzed quantitatively using SPSS 23. The result showed that Socrative
effectively improves the students’ reading comprehension. Socrative is effective as
an alternative online formative assessment in improving the students’ reading
comprehension compared to the paper-based formative assessment. Another result
revealed positive perceptions of Socrative as an online formative assessment for
improving students’ reading comprehension. They claimed that Socrative brings a
new atmosphere and innovative formative assessment process that helps improve
students’ reading comprehension. For facts, Socrative can be considered as an
innovative and effective online formative assessment that is worthed to apply by
the english teachers or educators.