A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP MODEL OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS UNDER SARABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study a causal relationship model of factors influencing the effectiveness of internal quality assurance in primary schools under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2) to examine the congruences of the causal relationship model of factors influences the effectiveness of internal quality assurance in primary school under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office with the empirical data 3) to study influences affecting the internal quality assurance in primary school under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office. The samples were 210 school administrators, academic teachers and teachers who are responsible for internal quality assurance, selected by cluster sampling derived from 70 schools under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office. The research instrument was a questionnaire constructed by researcher with content validity of 0.60 – 1.00 and reliability consisted of variable: transformational leadership, constructive organizational culture, quality assurance system management in school, effectiveness of internal quality assurance and total were 0.94, 0.86, 0.94, 0.92, and 0.99 respectively. The data were analyzed by using mean (M), standard deviation (S.D) and the test for goodness of fit between the hypothesis model and the empirical data and structural equation modeling analysis by computer program statistical package.
The findings were as follows:
1. A causal relationship model of factors influencing the effectiveness of internal quality assurance in primary school under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office consisted of causal variable: transformational leadership, constructive organizational culture and quality assurance system management in school also the result variable was the effectiveness of internal quality assurance consisted of student’s quality, school management process and student- centered learning.
2. A causal relationship model of factors influencing the effectiveness of internal quality assurance in primary school under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office were consisted with the empirical data. The index indicating the consistency with data after model improvement past the considered criteria were as follows: chi-square=108.59, p-value=0.160, chi-square/df=1.143, GFI=0.94, AGFI=0.91 and RMSEA=0.026
3. The direct, indirect and total effect of the factor influencing in primary school under Saraburi Primary Educational Service Area Office in descending order of influential degrees: direct effect were quality assurance system management in school factor 0.78, transformational leadership factor 0.06, and constructive organizational culture factor 0.02, respectively, indirect effect were constructive organizational culture factor 0.57, and transformational leadership factor 0.17 respectively. The total effect of constructive organizational culture and transformational leadership factor 0.59 and 0.23 respectively.