Preparatory Class Average Score and University Entrance Exam Result as Predictors of College Performance: The Case of 2011/2012 Kotobe University College Degree Program Students

  • Yoseph Shumi
Keywords: College Performance, Predictive Validity, Preparatory Class Average Score, University Entrance Exam Result

Abstract

The prime purpose of this study is to assess the degree to which preparatory class average score and university entrance exam result predict first year college performance. From a total of 497 regular degree program students who joined Kotobe University College (KUC) in 2011/12 academic year, 484 (171 males and 313 females) participated in the study. University entrance exam results, preparatory class average scores and first year college result, Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of these students were collected from the documents of the Office of the Registrar of KUC. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted. The results indicated that preparatory class average score and university entrance exam result in order appeared to be valid predictors of first year college CGPA and jointly accounted for 33.70 percent of the variation in college performance. On the basis of their predictive ability, preparatory class average score was found to be more important than university entrance exam result in general and for social science and natural science fields of study as well. Based on these findings, the practical implications of the study to the university admission criteria were discussed, and recommendations were forwarded.

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Published
2014-12-02
Issue
Vol 34 No 2 (2014): The Ethiopian Journal of Education
Section
Articles