The effect of grouping by sex Sprague Dawley rats on protein quality evaluation of three foods was studied. Bioassays performed were dry matter digestibility (DMD), apparent and true nitrogen digestibility (AND y TND) and net protein ratio (NPR). Foods of different protein quality used were dry whole milk, texturized soybean and high fiber breakfast cereal obtained from the local market. Casein was used as control. An experimental block design where the blocks were the groups of rats classified as mixed, female and male was used. Data of consumed diet, total feces and weight gain of each rat was recorded every third day. It was concluded that with the exception of the high fiber breakfast cereal, which showed significant differences between males and females in the true nitrogen digestibility parameter, in general grouping by sex did not have a significant effect on dry matter, AND, TND and NPR responses. These results suggest the possibility of using rats from either sex in these protein quality evaluation tests