Colombian National Police School ICFES Test Results and Categories 2017-2020

Colombian National Police schools' performance on the state ICFES test from 2017 to 2020. The dataset includes the categorical classification (A+ to D) and national ranking position for each school for each year. It was published on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze year-over-year performance trends for individual schools using CATEGORÍA 2017, CATEGORÍA 2018, CATEGORÍA 2019, and CATEGORÍA 2020.
• Compare the national ranking positions of schools across years using PUESTO A NIVEL NACIONAL columns from 2017 to 2020.
• Identify schools that maintained or improved their performance category (e.g., from A to A+) over the four-year period.
• Profile the distribution of performance outcomes across the 22 National Police schools using the COLEGIOS and CATEGORÍA columns.

Strengths

• Covers a four-year time range (2017-2020) for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes data for 22 specific schools under the National Police institution.
• Provides two key performance metrics: categorical classification and national ranking position for each year.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education (ICFES), published via datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely contains official test results and categorizations published by the ICFES.

Time Range

2017-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:52:05; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (National Police schools)