Development of an Individual Student Screening Model for Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools under Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

        The objective of this research is to study the current problems and needs student screening, and to develop an individual student screening model for opportunity expansion schools under the Office of Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area 1. This study employed a Research and Development (R&D) design, divided into two phases: Phase 1 – identifying problems and needs, and Phase 2 – developing an individual student screening model. The sample consisted of 30 teachers responsible for student support systems, selected through multi-stage sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire on individual student screening practices. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows. 1. The overall implementation  of individual student screening was at a moderate level across four aspects: planning (x = 3.34), implementation (x = 3.37), monitoring and evaluation (x = 3.32), and knowledge and understanding of responsible personnel (x = 2.64). It was found that  the understanding of types of screening tools was at a low level (x = 2.40). 2. The outcome  of the model development was the "I-STEP Model," which consists of five steps: Investigate, Structure, Training, Evaluate, and Progress.