El examen del Icfes –Saber 11– y la prueba de entrada como predictores del aprendizaje de los estudiantes de primer semestre de psicología de una universidad privada de Bogotá 1

Traditionally Colombian higher education institutions have different processes for admission of students to their programs and most of them apply the relevant, required State Test Saber 11. They also use tests designed by themselves as an extra item to admission. This study asks the question whether these tests are actually good stuff to include them as a crucial part of the admission of students, but otherwise usefulness is restricted and it is better to use other supplementary mechanisms. Results show both tests are significantly related to the learning result by students measured through grades got during the first half, although the Test Saber 11 gives a negative ratio. The variance percentage explained by admission test is 27 percent, involving to extend the scope of the study to include other potentially related variables.