Developing a System to Assess Teachers’ Performance via Information Technology According to the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation: A Policy Proposal for Thailand

Abstract

Thailand has developed its teacher-assessment process to determine the skills of individual instructors for the purpose of improving during the semester, as regards rehiring or promotions. For the first time in this country, schools are using videos as a tool for performance assessment. This research focused on evaluating the professional skills of government teachers and other educational personnel. The primary areas of concern are as follows: (1) learning management and student attention; and (2) learning outcomes as a basis for creating and developing performance assessment by using online information technology systems. This is a pilot-based system for examining the feasibility of online teacher-performance assessment leading to the formulation of policy proposals for further development of the actual system from the policy proposal development phase of the assessment process. This research used a mixed method research methodology by adopting an exploratory design. The informants were 22 experts who assessed the videos obtained by purposive selection. The experts who confirmed the policy proposal summary were the same group responsible for assessing the videos by using the joint committee on the standards for educational evaluation. Not less than 80% of the 22 qualified people were selected on a voluntary basis. The information and communication technology system consisted of six steps: (1) recording basic information by requesting a username and password from the central system; (2) teachers applying for assessment submitted their learning-management plan and personal portfolio profile (PPP) to the system; (3) the system administrator received the files; (4) that administrators submitted the files to the qualified experts to assess teachers according to the criteria; (5) the expert assesses the forms recorded in the system according to the list and specified indicator; and (6) the assessment is processed. The assessors gave their opinions on the assessment system in terms of utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy so that these can be used to evaluate the performances of teachers.