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PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF UNIFIED EXAMINATION FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION IN EKITI- STATE

Ale Veronica Modupe(Ph.D)* and Omodara M.F(Ph.D)

Faculty of Education EkitI-State University, Ado- Ekiti

Corresponding authors email:dupedupson@yahoo.com

Accepted 27 November 2015

This research sought to examine the predictive validity of SSII unified examination on the students’ performance in senior secondary school certificate examination in Ekiti State. The population for the study consisted of all SSII students who participated in unified examination in Ekiti State in year 2010/2011 and participated in senior secondary school certifies Examination in year 2011/2012 respectively. The sample consisted of four hundred students (400) who were randomly selected from four (4)  secondary school in Ado Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State. The instrument used was a self design profoma which was validated by Test and measurement experts used to collect the unified examination results of the sampled students and their corresponding SSCE results for 2011/2012. The scores were correlated using regression analysis and chi- square. The findings indicated that the correlation between SSII unified examination and SSCE were significant for three subjects (Yoruba, Economics and Biology) out of the five subject selected for the research work.The hypothesis is rejected. However, students’ performance in SSII unified English and Mathematics did not correlate significantly with their corresponding performance in SSCE. The hypothesis on the performance of students in boarding and non- boarding school showed a significant difference in the performance of student in boarding than day student. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that:

·         Boarding school should be re-introduced into all school in Ekiti-State, especially in the senior secondary school level.

·         Unified examination should be sustained to perform the formative evaluation role of students’ academic programme.

Key words: Unified Examination, Predictive Validity, Performance, Examination.

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