SABER-PRO

The Higher Education Quality State Test, SABER PRO (formerly ECAES) is a standardized instrument for the external evaluation of the quality of higher education in Colombia. This test part, with other processes and actions, of a set of instruments that the national Government uses to evaluate the quality of the public educational service and to exercise its inspection and surveillance. The test is mandatory as an additional degree requirement and applies to all undergraduate students (Technical, Technological and Professional levels) who have passed at least 75% of the academic credits in their corresponding program. These tests are regulated by Decrees 3963 and 4216 of 2009 of the National Ministry of Education and the Resolution 187 of 2013 of the ICFES, following the provisions of Law 1324 of 13 July 2009.

In order to comply with these regulations, the ICFES carried out a series of transformations to the SABER PRO higher education quality state tests, giving a modular structure to the test.

The evaluation modules focus on competencies considered fundamental for future graduates. Some modules evaluate generic competencies that all students must develop, no matter the curricular program (Citizenship, Written Communication, Critical Reading, English and Quantitative Reasoning). Other modules evaluate specific competencies, common to groups of programs, either from the same or from different areas of knowledge.