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The Innovation and the Transformation of Indonesian Schools Accreditation 
Management System 
 
 
 

Budi Susetyo1, Sylvia P. Soetantyo2, Muhammad Sayuti3, Darfiana Nur4 
1Faculty of Mathematic and Science, IPB University, Indonesia 
1Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor, Indonesia 
2Faculty of Education, STAK Negeri Kupang, Indonesia 
3Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia 
4Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia 
 

DOI: 10.23917/ijolae.v4i2.17113 
Received: January 12nd, 2022. Revised: April 20th, 2022. Accepted: April 23rd, 2022 

Available Online: May 1st, 2022. Published Regularly: May 1st, 2022 
Abstract 
All schools at the primary and secondary education levels in Indonesia must be accredited. An independent 
body called the National Accreditation Board for Schools/Madrasah (BAN-S/M) as an external quality 
assurance agency, accredits schools throughout Indonesia. Since 2005, the percentage of schools accredited 
in levels A and B has always increased from year to year based on the accreditation results. However, the 
improvement of school quality based on accreditation did not strongly correlate with the national exam and 
PISA results. This article discusses the facts of the experience of implementing accreditation for 15 years 
which became the basis for accreditation reform in Indonesia. BAN-S/M started the reformation in 2020 with 
three fundamental changes. First, the change in the accreditation instrument from compliance-based to 
performance-based. Second, the recruitment of new assessors based on cognitive competence and personality. 
Third, the changes of the accreditation business process through the dashboard monitoring system that will 
select schools with automatic accreditation extensions without visitation and schools that assessors must visit. 
Implementation of innovation and accreditation management reform can reduce accreditation costs by more 
than 60% and is expected to increase the accuracy of school quality assessment results. The findings strengthen 
the current transformation to the new, more efficient, rational  accreditiation management system for 
schools/madrasah. 
 
Keywords: cognitive competence, dashboard monitoring system, educational accreditation management 

system, innovation management reform 
Corresponding Author:  
Budi Susetyo, Faculty of Mathematic and Science, IPB University, Indonesia 
Email: budisu@apps.ipb.ac.id 
 
 
1. Introduction 

The Indonesian constitution guarantees 
that every citizen has the same right to obtain 
quality education in accordance with the na-
tional education standards set by the govern-
ment. One of the tools to measure the quality 
of schools at the primary and secondary edu-
cation levels is the result of accreditation car-
ried out by an independent body called the 
National Accreditation Board for Schools and 

Madrasahs (BAN-S / M). BAN-S / M is es-
tablished by the government and all activities 
are financed by the government, but it is inde-
pendent in determining policies and the re-
sults of accreditation. 

In Indonesia’s regulation, it is mentioned 
that the government is obliged to accredit all 
schools, both public and private schools, in-
cluding madrasas, Islamic religious schools, 
that provide formal education. Since the 

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accreditation program was implemented in 
early 2000 until 2020, the number of schools 
that had been accredited was 271,654 
(98.79%) from a population of 274,979 exist-
ing schools (Research, Development, and 
Books, Ministry of Education and Culture, 
2020). 

Currently, the certificate of accreditation 
results is valid for five years, then after the ex-
piration date, schools must be re-accredited. If 
the accreditation business process goes ac-
cording to plan, then all schools should have 
been accredited, some even have been accred-
ited twice or more. However, in reality there 
are still many schools whose certificates have 
expired but have not been re-accredited, even 
more than 1% of schools have never been ac-
credited. Limited budget available to the gov-
ernment is the main reason for this problem. 

From 2015 to 2019, the percentage of 
schools accredited with good (B) and excel-
lent (A) predicate increased (Research & De-
velopment, 2018; Research & Development, 

2019; Research, Development, and Books, 
2020; National Accreditation Board for 
Schools/Madrassas, 2018; National Accredi-
tation Board for Schools/Madrassas, 2019). 
However, the increase in the percentage of 
schools that are ranked A and B is not parallel 
with both national and international indicators 
of school quality. The average result of the In-
donesian standardized computer-based exam 
(UNBK) for the final grade of junior and sen-
ior high school students has decreased from 
2015 to 2018. Besides that national exam, the 
results of the Program for International Stu-
dent Assessment (PISA) showed that the 
achievement scores for the last 20 years have 
been very fluctuating, with a weak increasing 
trend. The 2018 PISA results showed that the 
science achievement scores in the period of 
2000-2018 have practically not improved. 
The literacy component has increased with a 
peak in 2009, which then fell back in 2018 
(Figure 1). 

 
Figure 1. Accreditation Progress, National Exam, and PISA Results 

 
The inconsistency between the results of 

the accreditation with the results of UNBK 
and PISA, as well as the inefficient and inef-
fective implementation of the accreditation 
process raised up some questions are: (a) how 
is the validity of accreditation instrument; (b) 
how are the credibility and qualification of the 
assessors (Hendarman, 2013); and (c) how 

can the accreditation process be more effi-
cient and effective, but still accountable. 

Based on those facts above, the National 
Accreditation Board for Schools and Madras-
sas concludes that it is necessary to reform the 
business process of accreditation.   An in-
depth analysis of: (i) the relationship between 
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indicators, (ii) the validity and reliability of 
accreditation instrument used, and (iii) the ef-
fectiveness and efficiency of ongoing accred-
itation implementation should be done first. 
The method used is through literature studies, 
empirical data analysis, and focus group dis-
cussions with experts in the field of education. 

In this article, the results of a literature re-
view and analysis of empirical data that un-
derlie the accreditation reformation were dis-
cussed, then the concept of school accredita-
tion reformation will be presented at the end. 

 
2. Method 
a. Accreditation Versus National 

Examination 
The results of accreditation and national 

examinations are used by the Indonesian 
government to map the quality of school 
education. As part of the quality assurance 
system, the results of accreditation can be 
used to map quality between regions, between 
levels of education and between school 
statuses. Ferezagia et al (2015) concluded that 
the average quality of senior high schools 
(SMA) in the provinces of DI Yogyakarta, 
DKI, West Java, Central Java and East Java 
was better than other provinces, while the 
quality of SMA in the provinces of North 
Maluku, West Papua, West Sulawesi, NTT, 
and Jambi was low in quality. Nationwide 
public SMAs and public senior high 

Madrassas (MA) had good quality on average, 
private SMAs had medium quality, while 
private MAs had low quality. Lase et al 
(2016) in their research concluded that 
vocational schools (SMK) in the provinces of 
Bali, DKI, DI Yogyakarta, West Java and 
Riau on average had good quality, while 
SMKs in West Sulawesi, West Kalimantan 
and NTT were low in quality. This study also 
concluded that public SMKs were better in 
quality than private ones. For the primary 
(SD) level, Novidtri (2015) concluded that 
private SD and public primary Madrassas 
(MI) on average had better quality than public 
SDs and private MIs. Results of the mapping 
of the quality of education between provinces 
and between school status based on this 
research seemed to be in accordance with the 
general view of the community and education 
observers. 

The correlation between accreditation 
results and national examinations has also 
been widely studied. Setiawan et al (2018) 
and Fadhillah (2019) concluded that the 
correlation between the accreditation results 
of eight national standards (SNP) with the 
results of four subjects  in the national exam 
(UNBK) at the junior high schools 
(SMP)/junior high madrassas (MTs) ranged 
between 0.27 and 0.52. Only the standard of 
facilities and infrastructure (SSP) had a 
correlation of above 0.4 (Table 1). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
 

 
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Table 1. Correlation between 8 National Standards (SNP) with Computer-Based National Exam 
Scores (UNBK) 

 
Although the correlation between the 

accreditation results and the national 
examinations for the four subjects was low, 
there was a positive trend between the 
accreditation rank (A, B, C, Not Accredited) 
and the average UN score. The lower the 
accreditation rank, the lower the UNBK 
average score (Figure 2). Based on research 
by Ardiana et al (2019) at the SMA/MA, it 

even showed that the correlation between the 
eight SNPs and the UNBK scores of the three 
subjects tested (Indonesian, English and 
Mathematics) was lower than that of the 
SMP/MTs, which ranged from 0.18 and 0.50. 
Thus, with the empirical facts from the results 
of the data analysis, it is reasonable to ask 
which of the two indicators is more accurate 
in describing the quality of school education. 

 

 
Figure 2. Trend of Accreditation Ranks and Average UNBK Scores for SMP/MTs 

 
b. Accreditation Instrument Validity 

The accreditation instrument used by the 
National Accreditation Board for Schools and 
Madrassas (BAN-S/M) has undergone several 
changes. The last accreditation instrument 
used until 2019 had 119 items for SD/MI, 124 
items for SMP/MTs, 129 items for SMA/MA) 

and 133 items for SMK. The assessment of 
the results of the accreditation of each school 
was carried out by two assessors through 
direct visitations to the school for two days. 
The characteristics of the statement items in 
the accreditation instrument were mostly 
quantitative and compliance based. 

 BIN ING MAT IPA 
SI 0.430 0.310 0.320 0.359 
SPR 0.446 0.368 0.357 0.396 
SKL 0.469 0.397 0.375 0.413 
SPT 0.342 0.290 0.292 0.324 
SSP 0.518 0.421 0.414 0.453 
SPL 0.450 0.363 0.360 0.403 
SB 0.358 0.266 0.269 0.301 
SPN 0.421 0.360 0.351 0.376 

 



 

 
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The research results of Setiawan (2018) 
and Setiawan et al (2018) concluded that there 
were 11 invalid statements in the 
SMP’s/MTs’ accreditation instrument. In 
fact, Susetyo’s and Rezy's research (2021) 
states that there were 15 invalid statements. 
Ramadhan et al (2021) concluded that only 15 
items in the accreditation instruments had a 
very big influence on classifying the quality 
of SMA/MA education. Hijrah et al (2018) 
concluded that there were 3 invalid statements 
in the vocational schools’/ SMKs’ 
accreditation instrument. 

Based on the results of analysis and 
discussions with education experts, BAN-
S/M decided to carry out accreditation 
reformation. One of the implications of this 
reformation is the refocusing of accreditation, 
namely shifting the focus of accreditation to 
ensure follow-up on accreditation results can 
be carried out effectively to improve the 
quality of learning in schools. Efforts to 
refocus accreditation have several policy 
implications. First, it must change the 
accreditation instrument from a compliance-
based measurement to a performance-based 
measurement. Second, selecting and 
improving the competence of quality and 
credible assessors. Third, make changes to the 
accreditation system business process so that 
it emphasizes and prioritizes follow-up 
aspects of the accreditation results rather than 
administrative activities in preparation for 
accreditation. 

 
c. The Change of Accreditation 

Instrument 
The formulation of new accreditation 

instruments for schools in Indonesia is based 
on philosophical, sociological, legal and 
public policy foundations. Blind (2017) and 
Sallis (2011) state that schools as educational 
institutions must provide accountable services 
to 3 types of customers, namely: primary 

customers (teachers and education personnel), 
secondary (students) and tertiary (parents and 
public). The expectations of parents and 
society are that schools can produce graduates 
who are honest, smart, tough, and caring 
(Duckworth, 2017; Evidiasari et al, 2019; Lim 
Siong Guan, 2018). Regarding services to 
students, schools are expected to provide a 
good educational process, namely the 
teaching-learning process and school culture. 
Th school culture is a dominant factor in 
shaping student character (Lickona, 2007; 
Zampetakis 2008). Teachers’ and other staff’s 
satisfaction can be achieved if school leaders 
can build up a common vision, mission, and 
increase motivation in working so that the 
educational services can be done well (Senge, 
2012). An important sociological foundation 
is the understanding that schools are a social 
system, because there is a close relationship 
between school goals and community 
expectations (Turkkahraman, 2015). 
Therefore, the accreditation instrument 
should gather information from community 
whether or not their expectations have been 
done by the school. Heywood (2007) in his 
research on university accreditation 
concluded that measuring quality through a 
performance-based approach guarantees the 
continuity of quality improvement, while 
rule-based (compliance based) does not. 
BAN-S/M believes that the results of 
Heywood's research at the tertiary level are 
suitable to be applied in primary and 
secondary schools. 

Based on various references and 
discussions with educational experts, BAN-
S/M determines four main components that 
are used as the basis for evaluating 
performance indicators in school 
accreditation, namely: (i) quality of graduates, 
(ii) learning process, (iii) quality of teachers 
and (iv) school management. Several 
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measured, but they have relatively small 
weight compared to the four performance 
indicators in determining the final result of the 
accreditation ranking. The framework and the 
relationship between the components in the 
new accreditation instrument (hereinafter 

referred to as IASP 2020) is presented in 
Figure 3. Based on this framework, further 
compilation of statement items is carried out 
based on theory, research results, and 
justification from educational experts. 

 
Figure 3. The Framework of  IASP 2020 

 
Darling-Hammond and Adamson (2010) 

indicated that in the era of the development of 
information technology, the needs of students 
not only add information and knowledge, but 
also how they are able to manage it, have the 
ability to analyze, synthesize, apply what they 
have learned, solve problems, design 
solutions, and communicate effectively. 
Likewise, Bialik et al (2015) stated that the 
quality of 21st century graduates must have 
abilities in four domains, namely knowledge, 
skills, charac-ter, and metacognition. 

In the component of teacher quality and 
the learning process, Jan (2017) argued that to 
produce qualified graduates according to the 
21st century, teachers need knowledge, skills, 
and behavioral approaches that are different 
from the past. Apart from fulfilling the quality 
of being effective teachers, they are also 
required to develop a global mindset; have 
sensitive attitudes to cultural differences and 
diversity; able to use technology; build 
relationships outside the classroom; and be 
able to build mutual learning attitudes with 
their students. Various studies have shown 

that the quality of teaching determines the 
quality of learning achieved by students. The 
teacher as the learning leader must always 
have the opportunity for self-development. 

Eyal & Kark (2004), Leithwood & Day 
(2008), Kuratko (2007) and Gupta et al (2004) 
described the importance of management in 
schools on the quality of graduates. Eyal & 
Kark (2004) stated that the entrepreneurial 
competence of school principals allows them 
to make big changes in school. Leithwood & 
Day (2008) explained that the principal has a 
great influence on the quality of students, 
either directly or indirectly. The principal 
must have a proactive, innovative attitude and 
the ability to take risks. This indicates the 
need for the concept of entrepreneur at the 
personal and organizational level (Kuratko, 
2007; Gupta et al., 2004). Proactive behavior 
is actively taking action for the benefit of the 
future. Innovative attitude is the ability and 
potential to always think creatively and 
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solving problems (Chen, 2007; Gupta et al., 
2004; Samsudin et al, 2022). 

Based on theories, research results, 
discussions with education and trial experts, 
BAN-S/M established 35 core statements in 
IASP 2020 for all levels of education. On top 
of that, there were some special statements for 
primary, special needs, and vocational 
schools.  For primary school and madrassa, 
there was only one additional special 
statement. Vocational schools have 9, and 
special needs schools have 5 additional 
special statements. The 35 core statements 
consists of 11 items of graduate quality 
components, 7 items of learning process 
components, 4 items of teacher quality 
components and 13 items of management 
components. 

 
3. Result and Discussion 
a. Results of the analysis of the validity 

and reliability of the IASP2020 
Before it was officially ratified, BAN-

S/M conducted a trial of the IASP2020 draft 
in 561 schools in 34 provinces. Samples 
were selected by multi-stage stratified 
random sampling, covering all levels, and 
varying according to status (public / private) 
and location (urban / rural). Analysis of the 
experimental data was carried out using the 
classical method item analysis method and 
the Rasch model (Crocker & Algina, 1986, 
Blanchin & Hardouin, 2011). The results of 
the analysis produced a total reliability index 
of 0.967, while the reliability per component 
was 0.886 for the graduate quality 
component, 0.891 for the learning process 
component, 0.836 for the teacher quality 
component and 0.932 for the school 
management component. So it can be 
concluded that the IASP 2020 instrument is 

very reliable. All items have a different 
power that is above the expected value (r> 
0.30), meaning that all items have a fairly 
good performance in differentiating school 
performance. 

From the Rasch model, the INFIT index 
value is obtained from 0.5 to 1.50, which 
indicates that all items have high accuracy. In 
addition, the Rasch model evaluates the order 
of performance levels (1,2,3,4) for each item 
whose results are shown in Figure 4. From 
this figure it can be concluded that all IASP 
2020 items have a performance level in 
accordance with the sequence. In Figure 4, it 
can be seen that all items have four answer 
choices as indicated by the scores level 1 to 
4, where level 1 is always on the left end, 
while level 4 is located on the far right. This 
shows that schools that get level 1 are schools 
that have low performance while schools that 
have a score of level 4 have high 
performance. However, it is recognized that 
on certain points, assessors have difficulty 
distinguishing between level 1 and level 2. 
From the Rasch model obtained item 
reliability r = 0.99 and school reliability r = 
0.96. It can be interpreted that the IASP 2020 
items are stable (r> 0.9). The results of school 
reliability show consistent results, meaning 
that schools that have good quality will still 
produce the same conclusions even though 
the measurements are made at different 
times, assuming that school conditions 
remain. 

Based on the analysis of the trial results 
which concluded that the IASP 2020 draft 
was valid and reliable, then the Ministry of 
Education and Culture determined that the 
2020 IASP was a new instrument for school 
accreditation to be used starting in 2020. 



 
 

 
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Figure 4. IASP 2020 Item Performance Level Sequence Distribution 

 
b. Assessors Competencies Selection and 

Improvement  
The characteristic of IASP 2020 is to 

assess the quality of schools based on their 
performances, so assessors with better 
competencies are needed. The criteria for 
assessors include having good skills in 
gathering information during a visitation 
through interviews, observations, document 
reviews and questionnaires. From the 
information obtained, assessors should be 
able to draw an accurate conclusion about the 
description of a school, to make professional 
judgment in determining the performance 
level, and eventually to provide good quality 
of recommendations for school. 

At the end of 2019, the number of 
assessors owned by BAN S/M was around 18 
thousand people spread throughout 
Indonesia. This number is quite a lot 
compared to 50,000 schools that must be 
accredited every year. However, it is 
believed that the existing assessors did not 
fully meet the criteria in accordance with 
IASP 2020. As part of the accreditation’s 
reformation, BAN-S/M selected the existing 
assessors in a 3-step screening process. The 
first step was the so-called administration 

screening which was based on health, age, 
previous performance, and work 
background.  Out of 18,000 assessors, there 
were 10,700 of them who passed the first 
step.  For the second step, the 10,700 
assessors should take a personality, an 
integrity, IT skills, and a scholastic aptitude 
test.   The result was 38.5% of them passed. 
After passing those tests, the prospective 
assessors should do the third stage of 
screening process which was a five-day 
training and a final exam at the end of the 
training. At the end, BAN S/M got 3,721 
assessors who passed the 3-step screening 
process and were eligible to assess schools 
using IASP2020.  

 
c. Reformation of the Accreditation 

Business Process  
Another reformation of accreditation is 

the change of the accreditation business 
process for efficiency and effectiveness. The 
results of the accreditation data analysis for 
the last 15 years had also become one of the 
reasons of changes in the accreditation 
business process.  In the new accreditation, 
not all schools should follow the 
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accreditation certificate has expired. The 
analysis results of 63,934 schools from 2005 
to 2019 that had been accredited more than 
once, showed: 
a. Schools that received level A in the first 

accreditation, 67.6% were still on level 
A, while 32.4% were below A. 

b. Schools that received level B in the first 
accreditation, 72.8% were still on level B 
while 19.0% increased to level A, and 
8.2% were below level B.  

c. Schools that received level C in the first 
accreditation, 35.5% were still on level C, 
while 63.1% increased to level A or B, 
and 1.4% were below level C. 

d. Schools that did not pass the 
accreditation process in the first 

accreditation, 13.2% remained 
unaccredited and 86.8% increased to 
level A, B or C. 

 Overall, it can be concluded that there 
were 64.2% of schools whose accreditation 
results remained the same as the previous 
results, 22.3% increased and 13.5% 
decreased (Table 2). This finding was one of 
the arguments that the results of the next five 
years of accreditation can be predicted with a 
statistical model based on the development of 
school performances after the previous 
accreditation. The challenge is how to obtain 
a model that is accurate enough to produce a 
school performance scorecard every year 
based on data from schools that have been 
entered into the  current system.

 
Table 2. The change from the first accreditation status to the second one 

1st Accred 2
nd Accred (next 5 years) 

Total (%) 
Total 

(schools) A B C NA 
A 67.6% 28.1% 4.0% 0.3% 100.0% 17337 
B 19.0% 72.8% 7.8% 0.4% 100.0% 35139 
C 4.6% 58.5% 35.5% 1.4% 100.0% 9929 

NA 2.7% 31.9% 52.2% 13.2% 100.0% 1529 
Total (schools) 18884 36743 7759 548 63934 63934 

 Note: NA: Not accredited 
 Source: processed from BAN-S/M data 

 
Based on the empirical data analysis and 

several other considerations to run 
effectively and efficiently, the accreditation 
business process in the future will be carried 
out through a dashboard monitoring system. 
The dashboard monitoring system will detect 
school performance every year after 
accreditation is carried out. The dashboard 
system will issue a quality performance 
index (score card) per year predicted from 
statistical models using data/indicators that 
are routinely reported by schools. The 
dashboard monitoring process is carried out 
with an automatic mechanism and does not 
involve assessors to prevent conflicts of 
interest. The dashboard will automatically 

show schools with an indication of an 
increase, decrease or constant in quality 
based on performance indicators every year. 
If the dashboard results show that the 
school's performance is steady, then its 
accreditation status will be automatically 
renewed with the same rating as the previous 
result. Schools that have been accredited can 
be re-accredited for three reasons: (1) a 
request from the school that believes its 
performances have improved and have been 
verified based on the dashboard; (2) verified 
community reports of a decline in school 
performances; and (3) warning from the 
dashboard system that there has been a 
decline in school performances. 



 
 

 
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With those changes in the accreditation 
process, most schools can be accredited 
automatically without should be visited by 
the assessors.  Furthermore, it will be more 
efficient and effective, and avoid backlog 
problems like what is happening today. 

 
4. Conclusion 

Based on analysis of empirical data, 
education experts’ opinions, literatures, and 
IASP2020 try out, BAN-S/M has carried out 
the innovation and reformation of school 
accreditation. The reformation included an 
instrument change from compliance to 
performance-based instrument, selection and 
training of assessors who have good 
competence, personality and integrity, and 
changes to more efficient and effective 
accreditation business processes. 

For making this accreditation 
reformation happen, it is necessary to have 
consistency between BAN-S/M and the 
Ministry of Education and Culture to 
continuously control the reformation’s 
agenda and to improve the current system, 
because this accreditation reformation 
certainly cannot be perfect directly in the few 
years of implementation.  
 
5. Acknowledgement 

Thank you to all BAN-S/M members 
who have helped provide lots of references 
and data. Thanks also to the ministry of 
education and culture for providing funds for 
IASP piloting. 
 
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