TAF PUBLISHING

The study investigated a senior high school’s Institutional Research (IR) experiment, aiming to provide evidence-based decision-making support to student recruitment policies and practices. Precisely, the study documented and analyzed how IR concepts and techniques could be used to support and benefit school management decision makings. The current IR model is structured with four analysis modules: (1) Enrollment source analysis, (2) School satisfaction questionnaire analysis, (3) Analysis of learning status, and (4) Analysis of teachers’ instructional quality. The study contributes to explore the potentials and limitations of IR on guiding school management strategies. Based on this research, new creative concepts and techniques are suggested to be brought into the educational area, and evidence-based decision-making is encouraged. A broader application of Big Data analysis or IR in schools will need more investigations in the future.