School quality development through the use of school administration information system (SIMA) application

Introduction: In the archive management process, many public elementary schools in Indonesia, especially in Bekasi Regency, still have problems with the management system. Objective: Identify the digital-based archive management model in the quality assurance system in public elementary schools in Bekasi Regency and evaluate its effectiveness. Method: The research approach used is research and development (R&D) with the Successive Approximation Model (SAM) and a mixed method approach. Data collection was conducted through instruments, field notes, and interviews with a population consisting of all public primary schools in the Bekasi District. Data analysis techniques include validity test, practicality test, and effectiveness test. Result: The results showed a significant difference in the understanding of archival management between the experimental group and the control group (sig. (2-tailed) = 0.001 < 0.05), which indicates that the SIMA website is effective in improving user understanding of archival management. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the developed application can be one of the alternative references for schools in archives management.