Critical reading, mathematics, social studies, science, English proficiency
Purpose
Admission to undergraduate programs of universities
Year started
1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Duration
9 hours, two 4 1/2 hour sessions
Score / grade range
0-500; each subject scores on scale of 0-100
Offered
March and August
Countries / regions
Colombia
Languages
Spanish
Annual number of test takers
670,000 high school graduates in the second semester of 2019[1]
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria
Must be in senior year or have a high school diploma.
Scores / grades used by
Private and public universities offering undergraduate programs in Colombia
Website
www.icfes.gov.co
The ICFESexamination, or Saber 11, is a high school exit examination administered annually in grade 11 in Colombian high schools.[2] The exam is standardized, similar to the SAT and ACT examinations taken by high school students in the United States. The purpose of the exam is to evaluate students' aptitude in five subjects: critical reading, mathematics, social studies, science, and English. Each exam question has four multiple-choice answers, except for the English section which provides between three and eight possible answers for each question.
Although the ICFES provides several tests for different academic purposes, the Saber 11 is nationally recognized as the most important test because it evaluates students' academic readiness for admission into institutions of higher learning.[3]
^"Tenga en cuenta estos consejos para las pruebas Saber 11 de este domingo". El Espectador. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
^"State Examination-ICFES in Colombia". Pragati Infosoft Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
The ICFESexamination, or Saber 11, is a high school exit examination administered annually in grade 11 in Colombian high schools. The exam is standardized...
developed and published by the ICFES. Although ICFES provides several tests for different academic purposes, the ICFES test is nationally recognized as...
Diploma – International. ICFES exam – in Colombia Leaving Certificate – in Ireland. University of Dublin Matriculation Examination - for Trinity College...
the USE is the only form of graduation examination in schools and the main form of preliminary examinations in universities. A student can take a USE...
Universitaria, in Chile ENEM Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio, in Brazil ICFES Examen ICFES Prueba Saber 11, in Colombia Riigieksamid — in Estonia. Unified State...
and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa under the University of the Cape of Good...
order: BULATS discontinued on 6 December 2019. Cambridge English: Financial (ICFE) discontinued in December 2016. Cambridge English: Legal (ILEC) discontinued...
policy. In 1968 the Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education (ICFES) was born to regulate higher education. The previous public evaluation system...
licensed. The Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (ICFES) and the Ministry of Education regulate the medical schools that are licensed...
standardized national examinations has consistently been considered in the top tier, being ranked as "highly superior" by ICFES for the last 20 years...
in schools, or assisting in hospitals or libraries. Students also do the ICFES National Test and they present to the draft for the Colombian Army. By law...
30. Currently there are eight official universities that are entitled by ICFES to grant the optometrist certification. The first optometrists arrived in...
evaluation or External independent testing (EIT, external testing, ET) is the examination for admission to universities in Ukraine. Complex organizational procedures...
Seniors at Colegio Bolívar are required to take the ICFES (the comprehensive university entrance examination), given by the Colombian Ministry of Education...
interview, and secondary (high) school performance mostly as reflected on the ICFES score (the grade received on the state exam in the final year of secondary/high...
homogeneous education for its pupils. All graduating students must take the ICFES national standardized exam. Students wishing to study abroad are encouraged...
recently implemented programs to benefit people that have higher scores in the ICFES (a national exam mandated for every high-schooler in the country before...
the Examinations for Higher Education Quality (Spanish: Exámenes de Calidad de la Educación Superior, ECAES). The test, carried out by the ICFES, evaluates...
18 años | Ayuda Mineduc". "Novedades – Icfes Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación". www2.icfes.gov.co. "¿Es legal el homeschooling en...
Global Information