Academic Performance Determinants of High School Students in the Department of Nariño, Colombia

Diego Danilo Rodríguez Rosero (), Ruber Erlinton Ordoñez Ortega () and Mario Eduardo Hidalgo-Villota ()
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Diego Danilo Rodríguez Rosero: Universidad de Nariño
Ruber Erlinton Ordoñez Ortega: Universidad de Nariño
Mario Eduardo Hidalgo-Villota: Universidad de Nariño

Lecturas de Economía, 2021, issue 94, 87-126

Abstract: This article seeks to illustrate the determining factors of the academic performance ofsecondary school students in the Department of Nariño, Colombia. Two ordinal regression modelswere gauged (logit and probit) and arranged based on the results of standardized testing for secondaryeducation (ICFES-SABER 11) conducted in 2018. The dependent variable used is polytomous,correspondingtotherankingfromlowesttohighestofthescoresobtainedwhiletakingthefollowingfactorsinto consideration: parents’ education levels, socioeconomic status, sex, access to learning technologies,the legal conditions of educational institutions, geographical location, and the number of weekly hoursstudents dedicate to completing complementary activities. The results show that access to technologicallearning tools such as computers and internet connection, the highest educational level of parents, gender(male), and studying in an official urban educational institution increases the probability of obtainingbetter academic performance

Keywords: Academic performance; secondary education in Colombia; Prueba Saber 11 ICFES; ordered logit and probit models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 H41 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n94a341834

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