Abstract

TOBON, Alexander  and  RESTREPO ESTRADA, María Isabel. Proficiency-Based Assessment for Undergraduate Economics Majors in Colombia. Rev. educ. sup [online]. 2023, vol.52, n.206, pp.49-64.  Epub June 23, 2025. ISSN 0185-2760.  https://doi.org/10.36857/resu.2023.206.2486.

In recent years, the teaching of economics has been rethought from the perspective of training by proficiencies where proficiency assessment is a very important piece. In this approach, Colombia has walked a path that could be of interest to other countries. This article presents the methodological basis of the State Examination on Higher Education Quality in Colombia -Saber Pro- for the specific Test in Economic Analysis, applied to students of an undergraduate economics major. Through an adaptation of the Evidence-Centered Approach to assessment design, a specific set of knowledge, skills and abilities that define a proficiency in economic analysis is established. This proficiency is a latent variable measured through a statistical model of the item response theory. The results for the 2018 test show that age and gender have a negative relation on the score, as does the fact that a student has a job and belongs to a related major.

Keywords : Formative evaluation; Student evaluation; Proficiency-based assessment; Proficiencies in economics; Skills in economics.

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