Quality of Senior High School Accreditation Based on Digital Evidence Governance in School Strategic Management
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https://doi.org/10.59890/ijels.v4i5.14Keywords:
Senior High School Accreditation, Digital Evidence, Governance, Strategic Management, Quality AssuranceAbstract
Senior high school accreditation increasingly requires quality governance that is not only based on document compliance, but also supported by digital evidence that can be traced, audited, and used in school strategic decision-making. This study aims to synthesize recent literature on the quality of senior high school accreditation based on digital evidence governance in school strategic management. A systematic literature review was conducted using the PRISMA guideline. Articles were identified through Scopus using structured keywords and were screened based on the publication year of 2021–2026, journal article type, English language, open access status, abstract relevance, active DOI, and substantive proximity to accreditation, quality assurance, governance, digital evidence, and institutional strategy. From 520 initial articles, 99 articles remained after Scopus filtering, and 13 articles with the strongest relevance were selected for in-depth analysis. The synthesis shows that accreditation quality is influenced by the validity of evaluation instruments, document traceability, stakeholder participation, digital capacity, collaborative leadership, and the integration of quality data into school strategic plans. Digital evidence should not merely be interpreted as online document storage, but should be positioned as a decision architecture that supports internal audit, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement. This study contributes a conceptual basis for preliminary studies and the development of a senior high school accreditation model based on digital evidence.
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