The Third Round External Quality Assessment Results (2011-2015) of Small-Sized Schools in Remote Area under the Jurisdiction of Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the external quality assessment results 2) to compare the inputs and the external quality assessment outputs of small-sized schools with and without standard certification and 3) to study problems, obstacles, limitations and solutions of the third round external quality assessment outputs of small-sized schools in remote area. The population of the study were 387 small-sized schools of Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment. Worksheets for analysis of external quality assessment reports, focus group discussions and school site visits were used to collect the samples’ was at fair level. Most of the indicators were at fair-very good levels. However, there was only one indicator of which the external quality assessment result was at the level of urgent need to improve. It was students’ achievement. It was concluded that there was no significantly statistical difference at .05 between the 8 means of the management inputs of those schools with and without standard certification. nevertheless, there was significantly statistical difference at .05 between the 11 means of the management outputs (except indicator 10 : the result of school uniqueness development of those schools with and without standard certification was not significantly statistical different at .05 ) The crucial problem was that some small-sized schools were uncertified. Moreover, most indicators of those schools without standard certification were significantly less than those of the counterparts’ with standard certification at .05. Seven of those indicators were educational management outputs and the rest of 4 indicators were the process related.