The Scoring Rubric Development of Speaking Assessment for Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to create scoring rubric criteria of speaking assessment for secondary school students, and 2) to validate the scoring rubric model of speaking assessment for secondary school students. Action research was used for research design. The sample group was 95 secondary school students. Research tool was speaking scoring rubrics. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results indicated that 1) Scoring rubric criteria of speaking assessment for secondary school students consisted of 4 components which are fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar; 2) The scoring rubric model of speaking assessment for secondary school students fit with empirical data. Results showed that    Chi-square = .09, df = 1, p = .765, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = .995, RMSEA = .000. It can be interpreted and proved that scoring rubric criteria of speaking assessment is the effective tool for secondary school students, and it showed that scoring rubric criteria of speaking assessment has a construct validity.