This study aims to propose a model to evaluate the academic performance of students who pass the Basic Education to Higher Education from the theoretical approach of the transitions. More specifically, we seek to know indicators associated with the success in the transition from the High School to the HigherEducation. Thus, this article addresses the analytical perspectives on academic performance as well as their differing definitions or concepts. The methodological research procedures are the type ex post facto, and understand the application of the descriptive method with a predictive approach and longitudinal development. The proposed evaluation model was validated in bachelor degree of Languages, History, Mathematics and Biology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). In fact, what was found, from descriptive and regression analysis, was that the background of the students of Mathematics and Biology presents significant differences with regard to students of Languages and History, and the education received in the basic level, especially in High School is a fundamental factor in academic performance during the first two semesters of the university studies.
Academic performance; Higher Education; Academic transition
