EDUCATIONAL QUALITY INDICATORS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

Abstract

              The purposes of this research were 1) to identify the educational quality indicators of primary school, and 2) to verify the educational quality indicators of primary school. The population were 28,358 primary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The sample size of 97 was determined by Taro Yamane sample size table at the confidence level of 90%. Three respondents from each school consisted of a school director or an acting director, a deputy school director or an academic teacher and a head teacher, with the total of 291. The research Instruments used to collect the data were semi-structured interview, opinionnaire, and focus group discussion. The statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, exploratory factor analysis, and content analysis. 

               The findings were as follows:

1. The educational quality indicators of primary school consisted of 4 components: 1) management quality, which comprised two sub-components: administrative principles and management, 2) learner quality, which comprised two sub-components: learner competency and learner characteristics, 3) teacher quality, and 4) school quality. 
2. The educational quality indicators of primary school had been verified by experts via focus group discussion as correct. The experts also suggested that school should setup an instructional policy focusing on promoting students’ excellence; a school director should conduct data analyze to setup educational policy at the school level; teachers should personalize learning to meet student’s uniqueness, students should know how to acquire knowledge to gain job skills or continue their education, and so on.