Applied linguists have often correlated achievement with attitude towards language.  A study aimed at testing the validity of this claim was carried out. Two instruments -  a 5– point Liker type summated rating scale and an achievement test- were developed. Both the tests were administered to 154 A-Level and Intermediate male/ female urban/rural students. The significance of difference between mean performances of different pairs of samples was statistically computed through z – test. Although the overall value of “r” i.e. 0.25 is low, yet the positive value indicates that magnitude of attitude does affect the achievement of Higher Secondary students in the subject of English.