Abstrak
Cheating has become a widespread issue in schools. Cheating is frequently problem in the classroom. The researcher found several problems such as; students cheating because they had difficulty understanding the material, the students were asked for answers from their peers, whispering during exams, and even covering their faces with question sheets to look for help. This research was used the descriptive quantitative, utilized a questionnaire as an instrument. The population in this research were eight grade of SMPN 1 Tigo Nagari, the total of the population was 185 students. The sample were in the seven classes with total 46 students. In determined the sample, researcher used simple random sampling. The researcher distributed questionnaire randomly to each sample, then colected the data. Afterward, researcher identified the respondents’ answer and analyzed the data through the three steps suggepreparation, tabulation and application of appropriate data. The finding of this research showed that overall there is 46.3% of students engaging in cheating. Based on results of the data questionnaire, the three factors supposed by Asrifan has been proven as a contributing cause of students’ enggagement in cheating behavior in SMPN 1 Tigo Nagari. This factors includes; situational factors, individual factors, and teachers factors. Futhermore, of the three factors, the dominant factors causing students’ cheating behavior in doing English assessment was teacher factors, with the highest average percentage of 62.3%. It can be concluded that almost half of the eighth-grade students cheated during the English assessment in SMPN 1 Tigo Nagari.