THE FACTOR ANALYSIS OF COMPETENCIES OF EXTERNAL ASSESSORS IN BASIC EDUCATION LEVEL NEED TO CONDUCT FOR EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN THE FOURTH ROUND (B.E. 2016-2020) OF THE OFFICE FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT (PUBLIC ORGANIZATION)

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the factors of competencies of external assessors in basic education level needed for conducting external quality assessment in the fourth round (B.E. 2016-2020) of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public organization); to study the level of competencies of external assessors in basic education level needed for conducting external quality assessment in the fourth round; and to analyze the competency gabs between the actual and the expected competencies in the previous three rounds. The research process comprised two steps as follows: (1) the study of the factors of competencies of external assessors in basic education level needed for conducting external quality assessment in the fourth round by studying from documents, concepts, theories, and related research, analyzing related works and context of the fourth round external assessment and interviewing 15 experts who had experiences in the external assessment of basic education level in order to analyze the contents and specify the factors and observable variables of the competencies needed for the fourth round assessment of external assessors of basic education level; after that, the researcher studied the opinions of 449 persons who had experiences in the external quality assessment at the basic education level using a 5-scale rating questionnaire; the data analysis was conducted using the confirmatory factor analysis to validate the conformity of the factors with empirical data as analyzed by LISREL program; and (2) the study of competency levels of external assessors in basic education level needed for conducting external quality assessment in the fourth round, and the analysis of competency gabs between the actual and the expected competencies in the previous three rounds by asking the opinions of 449 persons gabs between the actual and the expected competencies in the previous three rounds. The results are as follows:
1. The competencies of external assessors in basic education level needed for conducting external quality assessment in the fourth round of the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public organization) is composed of 2 factors which are (1) core competencies, and (2) functional competencies. The core competencies consist of 4 sub-factors while the functional competencies consist of 5 sub-factors.
2. Regarding the study of actual competencies level of external assessors in the past three rounds of external quality assessment and the expected competencies in the fourth round with gabs analysis, it was found that the most expected core competencies that need to be developed are core competencies which are the ability of using technological technology for work performance, as measured by the observation variables, i.e. the ability to use the information technology for work performance (competency gab of – 1.68). Meanwhile, the most expected functional competencies that need to be developed are the abilities to write report and suggestions as measured by the observation variables, i.e. the abilities to write the report and suggestions and also guide the educational institution to create the challenge for upgrading the quality level (competency gab of – 2.31).