Guidelines of internal educational quality assurance implementation in schools under chaiyaphum provincial administrative organization

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study current conditions and desirable conditions of conducting internal educational quality assurance of schools under Chaiyaphum Provincial Administrative Organization 2) to set up guidelines on internal educational quality assurance. There were 2 stages of research and development. The first stage was to study current conditions and desirable conditions by separating into 2 parts: part 1 was to use questionnaires with 286 samples including chairmen of the board of directors of the basic education, school executives, teachers who were in charge of educational quality assurance, and chiefs of 8 learning areas and data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and requisition indexes ; part 2 was to take the study trips in 3 schools that obtained Best Practice Appreciation. The target group consisted of 9 people - school executive, chiefs of learning areas and concerned teachers, chosen by purposive sampling. Collecting data was conducted by using structured questionnaires and then analyzed by content analysis description. The second stage was to set up guidelines of internal educational quality assurance. There were two steps: Step 1: In-depth interview, the target group was 5 educational experts chosen by purposive sampling. The tools used for collecting data was evaluation form. The statistics used for analyzing were Index of Item Objective Congruence, mean, and standard deviation. Step 2: Evaluation: the target group consisted of 30 people, including school executives, chiefs of 8 learning areas, and teachers who were in charge of educational assurance, chosen by purposive sampling. The collecting data tool was questionnaire, and statistics used for analyzing were mean and standard deviation.

The study found that:
1. The current conditions of internal educational quality assurance of schools under Chaiyaphum Provincial Administrative Organization was in high level, while desirable conditions was in considerably high.

 2. Requisite of setting up the guidelines on internal educational quality assurance used in schools under Chaiyaphum Provincial Administrative Organization arranged from the highest level to the lowest level were shown as follows: internal educational assurance arrangement following the educational standard, implementation on school development plan, administrative and informative management, setting up educational standard, continuous improvement on educational quality, following up and monitoring educational quality, and writing an annual self-assessment report (SAR).

3. Guidelines on internal educational assurance contained 8 ways, consisting of 72 indicators.

4. The evaluation of guidelines on internal educational assurance showed that their suitability was in high level, and their possibility was also in high level.