Rethinking Teacher Literacy: Information Text Competence among Elementary Teachers within Indonesia’s Minimum Competency Assessment Framework

Abstract

This study aim to examined elementary school teachers’ information text literacy within the framework of Indonesia’s Minimum Competency Assessment (AKM). The study employed a quantitative approach involving 25 elementary school teachers selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using two researcher-developed instruments: an information text literacy questionnaire and an information-text-based test. The instruments were validated through expert judgment and a limited pilot test prior to administration. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and N-Gain to describe teachers’ performance across three competencies: identifying information, understanding information, and evaluating and reflecting on information. The findings showed improvement in concept mastery, by mean score increasing from the pre-test and the post-test. Teachers’ information text literacy also improved across all assessed aspects, with the highest gain found in identifying information (high), followed by evaluating and reflecting (moderate), while understanding information showed the lowest gain (low). In addition, teachers responded positively to the implemented learning design and was categorized as very practical. These findings indicate that teachers were relatively strong in retrieving explicit information, but still needed support in deeper comprehension and integrative meaning construction. This study provides empirical evidence for strengthening teacher professional development in support of AKM-aligned reading literacy.