An An Evaluation of the Midterm Examination Systems, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Abstract

The purpose of this research study was to evaluate the midterm examination systems of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. In this research article, the results of the evaluation research were presented on the issue of the systems evaluated the products of the systems. It concluded the overall evaluation and the evaluation of the sub-systems including the application and registration system, the test development system, the examination system, and the evaluation system according to the education plans with the midterm examinations in the first semester of the academic year of 2019 under the evaluation framework. For the product, there were two indicators including the success of the operations, the student's satisfaction with the systems related to them, and the student's academic achievements. The satisfaction of 1,347 undergraduate students who chose the midterm examination plan was asked. The secondary data was the students’ academic achievement were collected. The quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics comprising percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings were as follows: (1) the students’ satisfaction with the operations of the systems, it was found that the average satisfaction met the criteria, and (2) the students’ academic achievements met the criteria after considering the examination results according to the educational plans with the midterm examinations.