COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ENGLISH NATIONAL EXAMINATION AND LOCAL EXAMINATION BETWEEN KSP AND K-13 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN TARAKAN
This research aimed at determining any significant difference on students' English national examination and local examination results between KTSP and K-13 at Junior High Schools in Tarakan. This research employed a causal-comparative design. The sample of this research was taken using a purposive sampling technique where two schools which implemented different curriculum were chosen, in this case, SMPN 6 Tarakan with KTSP and SMPN 8 Tarakan with K-13. The data were taken from documents of English National Examination and Local Examination results of both schools from 2015 to 2019. The data were then analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test. This test was used because the data were not normal nor homogeneous. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that the results of students' English National Examination from both curricula which showed significant differences were in 2016, 2017, and 2018 where KTSP was dominant; while the results in 2015 and 2019 showed no any significant difference, but the mean scores of KTSP were higher than that of K-13. It indicated the trends that KTSP tended to provide students with better English National Examination results that that of those in K-13. Meanwhile, the results of students' English Local Examination from both curricula which showed significant differences were in 2015 and 2017 where K-13 was in a lead; while the results in 2016, 2018, and 2019 showed no any significant difference, where the mean score of K-13 was higher in 2016, and was slightly smaller in 2018 and 2019. It inferred that the students who treated with K-13 got relatively higher English Local Examination scores than those who learnt with KTSP.