Analysis of state achievement tests and academic performance - FUCS surgical instrument tecnician program Análisis de las pruebas de estado y el desempeño académico estudiantes de instrumentación quirúrgica de la FUCS

Abstract

The ECAES (evaluation on higher education) test attempts to evaluate educational quality, but is often used as a hie­ rarchical factor among universities. An analysis of results obtained by students is required as set forth by the National Ministry of Education. Objective: to determine the correlation between the ICFES seores, academic average during the undergraduate program and ECAES seores obtained by students in their last year at the FUCS surgical instru­ ment technician program between 2006 and 2009. Methods: a correlation design to compile the ICFES and ECAES data and the academic average obtained by students who took the ECAES from 2006 to 2009 was used. The Pearson correlation coefficient and a principal component analysis within the correlation circle were calculated. Results: the Pearson correlation coefficient between the academic average and the ECAES results was 0.64, 0.25 0.39 and 0.36 for years 2006, 2007 2008 and 2009; and, between the ICFES test and the academic average obtained during the career was 0.54, 0.37, 0.47 and 0.16 for the same period. Conclusions: there is a moderate correlation between the academic average and the ECAES seores. An important correlation is only evidenced in the chemistry test when comparing the ICFES seores and other similar subjects of the career.