A PREDICTIVE VALIDITY ANALYSIS ON "SELECTION TEST" OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF NURUL JADID, PAITON, PROBOLINGGO

Language proficiency (admission) test has important role in language learning process. It determines whether students have met standard skills (in language) set by an institution or not which is very important for predicting future-like performance of the students. Regarding the important of the test in doing prediction, predictive validity is usually used to know how well the test predicts its test-takers’ future skill and ability is. The research question of this study is: “what is the predictive validity of the “selection test” in predicting student’s future success in Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) of Nurul Jadid?”. To answer the question, the researcher used descriptive quantitative research as research design, document analysis as the research instrument, and Pearson Correlation Product Moment as the data analysis technique. The result of the analysis shows that the correlation between variable X and Y is positive (0.403) and the significance of the correlations (0.00) is below the significance level (0.05). These finding shows that high predictive validity is found in the selection of FLDI.