Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which university entrance exam result (UEER) and preparatory class average score (PCAS) predict success in college academic performance. The subjects of this study were 484 students. The data were collected from the Registrar Office. Correlation and regression analyses were employed on the data. The results indicated that PCAS and UEER in order as selection instruments appeared to be valid predictors of first year college CGPA and jointly accounted for 33.70 percent of the variation in college performance. Besides, PCAS was found out to be more important than UEER as admission variable. Based on the findings recommendations were forwarded.
Highlights
Background of the Study: Selection of the most promising students for admission to higher learning institution has been a focus of concern for many years
The means of university entrance exam result, preparatory class average score and college college academic performance (CGPA) are 314.24, 66.97 and 2.36; their standard deviations are 26.55, 6.25, and 0.55 respectively. This indicates that the mean of students UEER (X1) is below average while the means of their PCAS (X2) and college CGPA (Y) are above average
Higher correlation coefficient was observed between preparatory class average score and college CGPA, r = 0.563, p < 0.01, which is statistically significant at 0.01 level while statistically significant correlation coefficient was observed between university entrance exam result and college CGPA, r = 0.214, p < 0.01
Summary
Background of the Study: Selection of the most promising students for admission to higher learning institution has been a focus of concern for many years. Many universities and colleges select prospective students of their program based on a set of their own admission requirements. The value of selection criteria can be assessed by the degree to which such objectives are fulfilled. Candidates for university or college admission should be typically selected based on several variables, which are used as predictors of their potential to perform successfully in training program (Anastasi, 1997). This is to reveal that when certain variables are used as predictors in selection process a significant relationship should be made between those predictor variables and the criterion variable, which measure the training performance. Predictive validity studies have been conducted in different corner of the world on some of these selection criteria
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