Abstract:
The purposes of this study were; 1) to study the factors of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area. 2) to study a model of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area. 3) to test a model of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area. The research design was divided into 3 steps. The first step was to analyze the factors of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area. The researcher reviewed related literature and interviewed 17 experts selected by purposive sampling. The tool for this step was an interview form with the index of Item Objective Congruence between 0.80-1.00. The second step was to study and develop the model of educational policy development in the Primary Educational Service Area. This step was divided into 2 steps. 2.1 The quantity data was collected from the sample of 108 offices of the Primary Educational Service Area, and the respondents of 5 officers from each office for the total of 540 respondents selected by simple random sampling. The tool was a questionnaire with the index of Item Objective Congruence between 0.80-1.00 and Reliability was 0.98.The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation. 2.2 Qualitative data was collected by a focus group discussion of 7 experts selected by purposive sampling. The tool was a check list form with the index of Item Objective Congruence between 0.80-1.00. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation. The third step was to check the suitability of the model of educational policy development in the Primary Educational Service Area. The sample was 30 people selected purposive sampling from the Primary Educational Service Area. The tool for this step was a check list form with the index of Item Objective Congruence between 0.80-1.00. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation. The findings of this study were as follows: 1. The components of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area composed of 5 steps as follows: 1) problem identification composed of 18 variables, 2) data collection and information composed of 26 variables, and 3) option analysis composed of 17 variables, 4) policy formulation composed of 19 variables and 5) policy implementation composed of 15 variables. All variables had the factor loadings between 0.50-0.95. 2. The model of policy development of the Primary Educational Service Area composed 3 main parts, and a success condition as follows, Part 1 composed of 1.1) the ideas, policy development principles, 1.2) the importance of policy development. Part 2 the model composed of 5 steps as follows: 2.1) problem identification, 2.2) data and information collection, 2.3) option analysis, 2.4) policy formulation and 2.5) policy implementation. Part 3 implementation step composed of 3.1) the preparation, 3.2) the implementation of the model of policy development, 3.3) the evaluation the condition of success composed of 1)administrators understood the precedence of policy development and supervision, 2) the involving staffs understood the precedence and co-ordination, and 3) the policy was in accordance with the organization. 3. The test of suitability and possibility the model of educational policy development in the Primary Educational Service Area was that the finding of the model of educational policy development in the Primary Educational Service Area had the suitability and possibility in the highest level. ( = 4.80, S.D. = 0.40, = 4.81, S.D. = 0.39 Respectively)