NIETS organized the O-NET using a digital testing system for elementary level 6 to comply with the policy of the Minister of Education (Police General Permpoon Chidchob) “Anywhere Anytime”

On Saturday, February 10, 2024, the Director of National Institute of Educational Testing Service (Public Organization) (Asst. Prof. Sirida Burachat, Ph.D.), the Director of Bureau of Educational Testing, the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Chanathip Tuipee, Ph.D.), the Director of Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office (Mrs.Warangkana Chairuean), and the working team visited the examination halls of the Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET) for elementary level 6 in the fiscal year 2023 at Phyathai School. At the examination hall, the Director of Phyathai School (Peeranud Chaipidej, Ph.D.)  gave a warm welcome along with teachers to visitors, and there were 232 testing participants, consisting of 112 people using Paper Pencil form and 120 people using a digital testing system.

For O-NET testing, NIETS operated testing in two patterns: paper pencil, and a digital testing system for the examination hall that was ready to have computer equipment and an internet network. This was the cooperation of the primary educational service area office, the provincial education office, the Office of the Private Education Commission, the Department of Education Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, and the Bureau of Education Pattaya as examination halls.

• Testing by paper pencil form, 692,733 participants, 4,765 examination halls, 25,437 exam rooms
• Testing by digital testing system, 2,124 participants, 67 examination halls, 87 exam rooms

In the O-NET testing of elementary level 6 in the fiscal year 2023, there were 4 subjects to be tested; Thai language, English language, Mathematics, and Science, for each detail as follows:

(1) Thai language, total 22 questions, the objective exam was 20 questions, and the subjective exam was 2 questions (writing stories from pictures and writing key ideas from passages). The exam measured proficiency standards of reading, writing, thinking analysis, comprehension, and idea linkage.

(2) Mathematics, total 15 questions, the objective exam was 11 questions, and 4 questions for coloring and writing down answers.

(3) Science: total of 20 questions, the objective exam was 18 questions; the remaining 2 questions were answer selection in complex form.

(4) English language: total of 32 questions, it was an objective exam.

NIETS has administered our missions according to the Ministry of Education’s main emphasis and policy of learning “Anywhere Anytime” by the Minister of Education (Police General Permpoon Chidchob). We developed an online system for subjective exam checking that can be used absolutely for elementary level 6. After test results announcement, we prepared reports in detail on the findings of the subjective exam of O-NET testing and released them on the official website, which schools, students, and interested people can apply the useful information related to the testing results, and enhance teacher ability to change or adapt their teaching methods and learning management of Thai language in writing and reading to improve student skills in Thai reading and writing.

Furthermore, NIETS organized educational activities to support O-NET’s results application for improving quality of learning and teaching management, such as the workshop for executives of institutes, teachers, and educational officers nationwide, both online and onsite. This activity focuses on testing blue print building chart analysis, testing analysis, qualified testing creation, and information usage from national education testing results to make plans for learning and teaching improvement and to promote the level of educational quality. NIETS has an online testing system for learning development. The system serves students and interested people for knowledge testing, thinking skills analysis, and problem solving, in order to recognize their distinctive points and weaknesses for improvement, further design study plans in the future. For more detail and information, please visit the website, http://onettesting.niets.or.th/. Moreover, we have an online training course on developing tools for measuring and assessment in order to develop testing on the national digital testing platform with 17 forms. The trained learners would use the information for their class assessment, and for further details and information, visit the website,

https://niets.e-learning.froggenius.com/

The results of O-NET will be announced on March 27, 2024, on the official website, www.niets.or.th. It also has testing results reporting individual information at multiple levels for person, school, the Educational Service Area Office, the Provincial Education Office, the Regional Education Office, affiliation, and nation, as well as, findings from subjective exam checking that are presented on the official website.