Factors Affecting Internal Quality Assurance of Schools under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of internal quality assurance of schools, 2) to study the level of factors affecting quality assurance within the schools, and 3) to create an equation to predict factors affecting quality assurance within the schools under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample includes 322 administrators and teachers, academic year 2023. The sample were drawn by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire regarding quality assurance within the school. Statistics used in data analysis included frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research results found that 1) School internal quality assurance under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was overall at the highest level. 2) Factors affecting internal quality assurance of schools under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, overall, the level was at the highest level. 3) Factors on personnel, management, and organizational culture, there were a mutual influence on factors affecting the internal quality assurance of schools under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, with statistical significance at the .01 level. The management had the most influence, followed by organizational culture and personnel. The multiple correlation coefficient between these aspects and factors affecting the school's internal quality assurance under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, it was .808 and these aspects can explain the variance, the score was 65.2 percent, with the regression equation as follows: Predictive equations in the form of raw scores  Predictive equations in the form of standard scores