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The purpose of this study is to develop HOTS items in the "Both You and I" material, to determine the level of validity of the items, to determine the reliability of the items for class X in MA Madani Alauddin Pao-Pao. The type of this research is research and development (R&D). The development model that is used, refers to the Plump model which consists of five stages of development, namely Preliminary investigation, Design, Realization/Construction, Test, Evaluation and Revision (Test, Evaluation and Revision), and Implementation (Implementation). The subjects in this study are students at class X MIA 2 in MA Madani Alauddin Pao-Pao. The instruments are used in data collection are validation sheets and HOTS items. Based on the results of the study, it obtained that the level of validity of the HOTS items was 3.7 which is in the very valid category, the reliability of the HOTS items is 0.81 shows in very good category, the difficulty level of the HOTS items is 0.60 shows in the medium category.  The implications of the developing HOTS items it can train and encourage students to do high-level reasoning so that they are not fixated on the pattern of answers that result from the memorization process without knowing the concept of knowledge, and it can make students think critically in working on the test. So that the answers can be produced based on in-depth reasoning from the questions for each item, namely 10 multiple choice questions and 5 essay questions.