Study of relationships between the quality of and the utilization of internal evaluation and the results of external evaluation of basic education institutions
Abstract:
This research purposes were 1) to evaluate the quality of internal evaluation of basic education institutions according to the standard of meta-evaluation. 2) to study level of the utilization of internal evaluation of schools. 3) to study of relationship between the quality of internal evaluation and the results of external evaluation of schools, and 4) to study of relationship between the utilization of internal evaluation and the results of external evaluation of schools. The total 348 samples were the basic education schools. They were firstly evaluated by The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment and involved with people stratified random sampling from 15,245 schools in Thailand. The participants consisted of school administrators, teachers, and institutions' boards. The data were collected in two stages, the first stage: data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive and interential statistics. The second stage: data were collected by the case study interview and analyzed by content analysis. The results of this research were as follows 1) The quality of internal evaluation of most schools were at good level (average scores were 2.51 upper). The small schools, there were receive poor level external evaluation and had quality of internal evaluation in fare level (average score was 2.49). The most schools had the quality of internal evaluation in terms of utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy standards in good level to except the small schools. There were poor level external evaluation in the small that has the utility and accuracy standards in fare level (average scores were 2.48, 2.45). The finding from the qualitative data showed that the internal evaluation of schools were the same direction in terms of operation plans, participants, analyses, and detections of internal evaluation. In addition, the internal evaluation were the different directions in terms of evaluation standards, responsibilities, data collections, reports, and disseminations of evaluation results. 2) The utilizations of internal evaluation of schools were at good level (average scores were 2.51 upper). The most schools had the utilization of internal evaluation in the terms of conceptual use, legitimate use, symbolic use, and instrumental use in good level to except the small schools, which received poor level external evaluation that had the legitimate use in fare level (average score was 2.48). The finding of the qualitative data showed that the schools leaded evaluation results to analyze causes and solutions to these problems, to monitor and support these activities, and to change the school vision, strategy, and activities. 3) The quality of internal evaluation was significantly relation with the result of external evaluation with the correlation coefficient of .21. 4) The utilization of internal evaluation was significantly relation with the result of external evaluation with the correlation coefficient of .16