The Development of an Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET) Individual Score Report for Promoting Large-Scale Data Usage for Students and Parents

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to develop an individual O-NET score report for promoting large-scale data usage for students and parents, with minor objectives as follows: (1) synthesize individual score reports from national testing in Thailand and other countries; (2) develop individual O-NET score reports to promote large-scale data usage for students and parents; (3) investigate the appropriateness of a developed individual O-NET score report; and (4) investigate the feasibility of a developed individual O-NET score report. This research went through three phases. The first phase was the synthesis of individual score reports from national testing in Thailand and other countries.The documents synthesized were five individual score reports from national testing in Thailand and other countries (Thailand, the UK, the USA, China, and Korea). The research instrument was a documentary form for gathering data from individual score reports from national testing. The data was analyzed using content analysis with a component analysis method. The second phase was the development and investigation of the appropriateness of the individual O-NET score reports. A total of 184 students and parents were included in the study. The research instruments were the O-NET score report developed from the first phase and the individual O-NET score report questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and conjoint analysis. The third phase was the investigation into the feasibility of individual O-NET score reports. The informants were three officers from NIETS. The research instruments were focus groups in documentary form for collecting data about the feasibility of individual O-NET score reports. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, namely percentage, and content analysis with an analytic induction method.

The findings of the study revealed that (1) the components for the individual O-NET score report synthesized from national testing in Thailand and other countries were composed of examinees’ backgrounds, score reports, and information for improving students’ learning; (2) the developed individual O-NET score report was composed of the O-NET score report, information about comparing students’ scores with the average score of benchmarking aspects, and information about analyzing students’ strengths and the development of students’ learning achievement; (3) the feature of the developed individual O-NET score report that had a significant effect on the preferences of students and parents was part of a comparison of scores classified by background variables; (4) the developed individual O-NET score report promoted large-scale data usage for students and parents and demonstrated the feasibility of utilization.