The Implication of Minimum Competency Assessment in Teaching and Learning Activities

Abstract

Based on the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) and PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), the literacy ability of Indonesian students is very low. The Efforts are made to improve this condition, namely through the Minimum Competency Assessment or Asesmen Kompetensi Minimum (AKM). The result of AKM become a reference for designing follow-ups towards improvement and improvement. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the implications of AKM on teaching and learning activities. The method is used descriptive qualitative. The data collection techniques were used observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis techniques were obtained data collection, reduction, and presentation. The results of this study showed that there were two implications of AKM. Firstly, The implication of AKM for learning activities in classroom. It always begins with reading books for 15 minutes. Then, these activities have purpose to encourage students so that they search information or materials independently, and train students’ problem-solving abilities based on students' higher-order thinking skills. Secondly, the implication of AKM in literacy activities that consists of holding authorship workshops for teachers, Language Month Celebration, literacy tour, and “GERBALIS” or literacy movements.