School Curriculum Assessment of The Secondary Education Service Area Office 35

Abstract

  The purposes of this school-based curriculum assessment report were: 1) to assess the school-based curriculum on the Context, Input, Process, Product, and Output; and 2) to study the problems, suggestions, and the ways to develop the school-based curriculum with the employment of CIPP Model. Population in this study were schools under supervision of the Secondary Education Service Area Office 35, totally 46 schools. Research tools were the questionnaires to survey opinions on context, factors, and procedures of curriculum use in schools and the Product Assessment Report in the academic year 2013 including the results of the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET), the report of the students’ competencies and the students’ desirable characteristics.
   The results were as follows. The context, factors, and procedures of curriculum use in schools, in the overall was at the high level as same as in each aspect. In addition, the production revealed that O-NET average score of the high school years 3 and 6 were increased in four learning groups. Moreover, the desirable characteristics of learners in all items were greater than 90 percent, which met the highest criteria of the Basic Education Commission. When considering the descending order: the top three were love in Thai, commitment in work, and desire in learning, respectively; but the bottom was royalty and honesty. Last but not least, important skills of learners: the top three were ability in technological use, ability in using life skills, and communication skills, respectively; but the bottom was problem solving skills.