THE PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF THE ETHIOPIAN SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE ENGLISH AND THE INTEGRATIVE ATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Basically, the Ethiopian School Leaving
Certificate Examination (ESLCE) is an achievement
test. But ever since the elimination of the GCE
in 196?, it has been used as a University Entrance
examination. Entrance exams are usually
proficiency tests with predicative power to
determine the testee's future academic performance
at the higher level.
This research attempted to determine the
predicative validity of the ESLCE's English test
of 198? /88 by comparing it to the predictive
ability of two locally designed integrative
language proficiency tests.