The State of Teachers’ Educational Data Use in Thailand

Teachers’ educational data use is important as it helps students’ learning development directionally. The objectives of this study were to study (1) educational data use existing in schools; (2) state of teachers’ educational data use and (3) teachers’ needs in educational data use. Samples consisted of 250 elementary school teachers in Thailand using sequential mixed method design. Data were analyzed using content analysis and descriptive statistics. It was found that there are 11 types of educational data use in Thai schools. The educational data existing in most schools was teachers’ teaching data, followed by students’ learning proficiency data and students’ academic achievement data, respectively. Teachers also used such data to improve and develop students as much as possible, whereas physical or behavioral flaw and life skill data were rarely found and infrequently used. Data analysis was most needs by teachers to develop, followed by application of statistics in data analysis and interpretation of data analysis, respectively. Data collection for planning teaching and improving students and cooperation with colleague in data use were most needed by teachers to use data in teaching and improving learners, followed by application of data in setting strategies for teaching and improving student learning and interpretation of numerical or statement forms from evidence documents, respectively.