Development of Performance Assessment Telecommunications Expertise based on KKNI to support Vocational Competencies Achievement

Abstract

Massive technology advancement shifts industrial demand in Indonesia from quantitative to qualitative demands, particularly in the field of telecommunication expertise. This Issue did not balance with the enhancement of learning instruction and assessment to support students in order to achieve the needed vocational competencies. Based on findings at preliminary study stage, it is known that some vocational teacher still uses cognitive assessment to assess psychomotor competencies. In some case, teachers are reluctant to change content of learning although competencies provided by that instruction no longer needed by today’s industry. We believe those are one of the causes of high unemployment rate of telecommunication expertise graduate. This study aims to develop performance assessment based on KKNI to support the vocational competence achievement of telecommunication expertise graduate. Product development is done by Research & Development method with Sukmadinata procedure scheme. Product expected to support competency achievement in accordance with assessment standards and improve the relevance of vocational education to industrial needs. At this point, we currently at limited trial stage. As expected, we got good response from teacher for ease of use and accuracy of our developed product, also most of the students manage to achieve the learning