| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 教育行政與評鑑研究所 === 94 === The main object of this study is to develop an “Elementary School Competitiveness Indicators” which is suitable for elementary schools in Taipei City through a systematic indicator construction method. The first step is to review and discuss all the literatures related to school competitiveness. All the indicators mentioned and discussed in these literatures are collected, analyzed and integrated. As a result, some potential indicators are selected as preliminary competitiveness indicators of elementary school. After discussed and consulted with experts, “Questionnaire for Elementary School Competitiveness Indicator” is developed. The second step is to collect opinions and suggestions from 25 experts via Delphi technique in order to develop suitable indicators and which will be provided as a reference in order to improve the competitiveness of elementary schools in Taipei City. Following conclusions are obtained through questionnaire collecting, data processing and analyzing:
1. The elementary school competitiveness indicators developed in this study includes 4 scopes: “background scope”, input scope”, “process scope” and “performance result”, which can be used as a reference for improving the competitiveness of elementary schools in Taipei City.
2. During the process of experts reaching agreements, 14 aspects, including 82 indicators, of elementary school competitiveness indicators are determined, which can be used as a measuring tool for evaluating elementary school competitiveness.
3. All the indicators regarding to school competitiveness, after surveying and analyzing of experts’ opinions, reveal a positive importance and consistence among each indicator with high reliability and validity.
Based on the above mentioned results, several suggestions are provided in this study:
1. Suggestions to education administrations:
(1) The government shall pay more attention on the development of school competitiveness indicators, from kinder gardens to universities.
(2) Each level of education administrations shall be more active with respect to the measurement and evaluation of school competitiveness.
(3) Publish the elementary school competitiveness indicators and perform further analysis based on the collected information.
(4) Provide necessary assistances to the schools in relatively low competitiveness areas.
2. Suggestions to elementary schools:
(1) Elementary school can develop its own features based on every indicator obtained from elementary school competitiveness indicators in order to improve school competitiveness.
(2) School operation and innovation is still the core of competitiveness, which is the direction all elementary schools shall follow.
(3) The customer-orientated concept used in business shall be introduced into schools and schools shall be operated and managed as a corporation. Schools shall provide services to customers actively and voluntarily with defined vision of the future.
(4) Competitiveness indicator of each school shall be recorded and documented in order to monitor and compare the change of competitiveness year by year continuously.
3. Suggestions for future studies:
(1) Continuous on the work of indicator operating definitions, measurement tools and test manual.
(2) Further modification and perfection of indicators.
(3) Develop school competitiveness indicators which are suitable for different level of schools.
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