Meta Evaluation for Student Admission in Secondary School

Abstract

This research aims to  meta evaluate for student admission in government secondary school and to analyze the process of student admission in government secondary school.  The sample groups were 377 people consisted of teachers, school directors and others who were responsible for student admission. The research questionnaires used the 5 rating scales technique with 4 factors of meta evaluation : utility standards , feasibility standards , propriety standards and accuracy standards , and the part of open questionnaires were about problems /obstacles and suggestions for student admission evaluate in secondary school. The researcher used descriptive statistics , t-test , One-way ANOVA to analyze the quantitative data and used content analysis for qualitative data.

       The research result revealed that all standards of  meta evaluation for student admission in government secondary school were excellent. The highest level of meta evaluation in utility standards were the list of eligible applicants, the place and room for examination at the very good level. The lowest level was the test designed to screen and match with comprehensive knowledge level of the students. The highest level of feasibility standards was the school policy and plan for student admission at the very good level. The lowest level was the test checking by the experience, knowledge and review more than one time. The highest level of propriety standards was the assignment of student admission board at the very good level.  The lowest level was  the assignment of student admission board for designing the test.  The highest level of  accuracy standards was the assignment of student admission board at the very good level.  The lowest level was the admission test reached the standard certified by a qualified person. The mean comparison of student admission in government secondary school who were from different region, school sizes and kinds of school was different with statistics significance of .05