Classification of Colombian schools according to category, quality and international accreditation

The Classification of Colombian schools according to category, quality and international accreditation, better known as the Col-Sapiens Ranking, is an important ranking published by the consulting firm Sapiens Research Group, since 2013. It analyzes all the schools in Colombia, and only those that comply with the rigorous methodology applied by a team of experts are classified.

Objetive

The Col-Sapiens Ranking is focused on serving as a comparative measurement by merit to recognize the best schools in Colombia, as well as an efficient and reliable tool for those who are looking for quality schools with international projection.

Methodology

All the active schools in the country are analyzed but only those that comply with the following methodology are classified:

1. The categorized schools in A + (according to the ICFES) in the immediately preceding two years of the publication year of the ranking results are selected.
2. The selected schools are ranked in deciles (or categories, ranging from D10, the least high, to D1, the highest) according to the final results of an algorithm, in which the subject indexes of the 'Saber 11' exams of ICFES are used..
3. Is verified if each school is supported by any quality certification (or similar), or a current international accreditation. These achievements add scores so that they can also achieve some rating: from A, the least high, to AAA ++, the highest).

Certificaciones y acreditaciones

There are 28 certifying and accrediting firms that are considered, several of which are also recognized by the Ministry of National Education.

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
• Council of International Schools (CIS)
• AdvancED
• International Christian Accrediting Association (ICCA)
• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
• German Schools (Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen-ZfA)
• French Schools (AEFE)
• Italian Schools (Italian Public Education System, Scuola Paritaria-SP-It)
• Swiss Schools Abroad (ESE)
• Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA)
• ISO-9001 Certification
• ISO-14001 certification
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
• EFQM Model of Excellence
• Model Pentacidad
• Integrated PCI Quality System
• International Baccalaureate-IB Programs
• Cambridge Assessment International Education
• Cambridge English Schools Program
• Bilingualism program at Saint Michael's College
• Round Square
• The Leader in Me (Stephen Covey)
• Global Changemaker Schools (GCS)
• College of Quality Glasser (CCG)
• College Board Testing Center (AP-tc)
• Preparation Center-Cambridge English (PC-ce)
• Character Counts Colombia (CCC)
• Visible academic journals in MIAR (University of Barcelona)
• Groups categorized by Colciencias (Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)

Results on the 2018 version

In this version, more than 13,400 schools were analyzed throughout the country, of which just 835 classified.

In the category D1, the following 10 schools were ranked.

Category	Qualification	School	City
D1	AAA+	St. George's School	Bogotá
D1	AAA+	Colegio Nuevo Cambridge	Floridablanca
D1	AAA+	Colegio Los Nogales	Bogotá
D1	AAA+	Colegio Nuevo Colombo Americano	Bogotá
D1	AAA+	Gimnasio Vermont	Bogotá
D1	AA	Liceo Navarra	Bogotá
D1	AA	Colegio Bilingüe Diana Oese	Cali
D1	A	Liceo Campo David	Bogotá
D1		Instituto Alberto Merani	Bogotá
D1		Colegio San Carlos	Bogotá

Impact Since its first publication in 2013, this classification has been recognized and appreciated by the most important media in Colombia, as it highlights the low number of public schools in the country that meet the standards proposed by the ranking, and only classifying less of 10% of Colombian schools:

• "En la investigación solo se destacan un 0,5 de las instituciones públicas" [Only 0.5 of public institutions stand out in the research]. Educación (in Spanish). Colombia: El Tiempo. 2018-09-19.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

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