The development of an assessment instrument for learning the meaning of proverbs through essay tests using google form media

To strengthen the skills of receiving and or expressing ideas in writing in learning factual narrative texts, proverbs are needed for students. After learning the meaning of proverbs is conveyed through certain learning strategies, the final activity is a formative test. This article aims to describe the assessment instrument for learning the meaning of proverbs through multiple choice tests for 10th grade senior high school students. The research was carried out in the even semester of the 2022/2023 school year. The research was conducted at Ujung Batu 1 Public High School, Rokan Hulu as a place to test the meaning of proverbs which aims to carry out an assessment of the meaning of proverbs for students. The sample for the trial consisted of 28 students out of 30 grade 10 students who submitted a proverb meaning test. To obtain the discussion, instruments in the form of documentation are used, both manually and online. The questionnaire is the main instrument of this article which functions to obtain data validating the assessment of the meaning of proverbs from a team of experts. The supporting instrument is a proverb meaning test which functions to obtain data for testing the application of an assessment of the proverb meaning skills for students. The results of the study show that: 1) the indicators for assessing the meaning of proverbs produced in the basis analysis procedure are in good category according to the weighing team; 2) the design of the instrument for assessing the meaning of proverbs produced in the design procedure is in the form of a good category assessment rubric; 3) the development of an instrument for assessing the meaning of proverbs produced in the basis analysis procedure is categorized as good according to the weighing team; 4) there is no change in the scoring rubric based on the trial results.