The results of generic skill in Critical Reading of the Research Project that aims was to detect patterns of academic performance in generic skills of Colombian students of professional programs who took the Saber Pro test are presented. The sociodemographic, economic, academic and institutional information of these students was selected from the ICFES databases. A data repository was built, cleaned and transformed and from it, patterns associated with good or poor academic performance of

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... ts in this skill, were discovered using a classification model based on decision trees and the CRISP-DM methodology. Among the discovered patterns are highlighted, the institutional accreditation and the traditional learning, as two important factors associated with good academic performance. The discovered knowledge will be added to existing and it may be used in the decision making process of ICFES and government and academic institutions responsible for the quality of higher education. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx. Abstract-The results of generic skill in Critical Reading of the Research Project that aims was to detect patterns of academic performance in generic skills of Colombian students of professional programs who took the Saber Pro test are presented. The sociodemographic, economic, academic and institutional information of these students was selected from the ICFES databases. A data repository was built, cleaned and transformed and from it, patterns associated with good or poor academic performance of students in this skill, were discovered using a classification model based on decision trees and the CRISP-DM methodology. Among the discovered patterns are highlighted, the institutional accreditation and the traditional learning, as two important factors associated with good academic performance. The discovered knowledge will be added to existing and it may be used in the decision making process of ICFES and government and academic institutions responsible for the quality of higher education.superior.