The Contribution of School Strategic Planning Towards the Quality of School Exam Graduates in Junior High Schools in Banten Province

This study aims to examine the contribution and test the significance of the correlation between the effectiveness of school strategic planning (Variable X) on the quality of graduates as measured by the achievement of School Exams (Variable Y) at the Senior High School (SMA) level in Banten Province. The uneven variation in School Exam achievements and strategic planning practices that tend to only be administrative documents are the main background for this in-depth study. This study uses a quantitative approach with a descriptive correlational explanatory research type. The accessible population is all high schools in Pandeglang Regency, Serang Regency, and Serang City. The school sample was selected using Purposive Sampling. Data were collected through a survey using a 1-5 Likert Scale (Variable X) and documentation of School Examination scores (Mathematics and Indonesian) as a proxy for Graduate Quality (Variable Y). Data analysis used parametric statistical techniques, namely the Shapiro-Wilk Normality Test and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Test, with the help of the SPSS program. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test shows that the data for Variable X (Principal Planning) and Variable Y (UAS Score) are normally distributed, with significance values of 0.088 and 0.104, respectively (p > 0.05). The results of the Pearson Correlation Test produce a correlation coefficient value (r) of 0.517, which indicates a positive relationship with moderate strength between the two variables9. However, the significance value obtained was 0.190 (p > 0.05), so the relationship was declared statistically insignificant. Although there is a tendency for a positive relationship between the effectiveness of the principal's strategic planning and student academic achievement, this relationship cannot be proven significant based on the sample data of this study. This finding suggests that in addition to strategic planning, other more dominant variables need to be considered in explaining variations in graduate quality, as well as the need to increase the sample size in further research.