Abstract :
This study examined the substantive and predictive validity facets of the University
Entrance Examination for English Major (UEEEM) students. To that aim, 111
English major students were recruited to report their scores on each of the subtests
of the test as well as their grade point average. Sequential multiple regressions and
factor analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results acknowledged a 2-
factor structure underlying the test. Moreover, multiple regression analyses indicated
that the presence of a large number of seemingly construct irrelevant items, Arabic,
and theology, coupled with items with no unique contribution to variation to the
response variable, the General English subtest, has compromised the predictive
validity of the test. The paper concludes with the implications it carries for the test’s
stakeholders, particularly its developers and score users.
