 The Progress of Education Reform: Counseling  PDF - This issue of Progress of Education Reform takes a closer look at research related to:- The variation in access of college counseling across schools and the impact of schools, districts, postsecondary institutions and states on the availability and type of college counseling
- The types of information traditionally underserved students need to prepare for postsecondary education
- The varying types of guidance students receive based on their academic pathway or ethnic background.
(Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States, June 2008)...
Counseling: Does it really impact student decisionmaking? - Access related research titles from the ECS Research Studies Database. Links embedded in titles will take you to each study's major findings and recommendations....
2012 National Survey of School Counselors and Administrators: Report on Survey Findings - Barriers and Supports to School Counselor Success - The Second College Board Survey of School Counselors
builds on the 2011 National Survey in many important ways. Most notably, it adds to the perspectives of high school and middle school counselors by bringing in the perspectives of school administrators. The survey results show the story is far less one of contrasting views and differing priorities than one of convergent views and shared priorities. School counselors and school administrators in public and private middle schools and high schools in all 50 states completed
surveys, offering results that are nationally representative. On the whole, the survey shows counselors and administrators identify the same challenges and share the same goals. (College Board, October 2012)...
Poised to Lead: How School Counselors Can Drive College and Career Readiness - “Poised to Lead” outlines what states, districts, and schools can do to help school counselors become leaders and advocates in the effort to prepare all students for college and career. (The Education Trust, 2011)
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2011 National Survey of School Counselors: Counseling at a Crossroads - This survey of more than 5,300 middle school and high school counselors reveals deep concerns within the profession and sheds light on opportunities to better utilize these valuable leaders in America’s schools. (Civic Enterprises & Hart Research Associates, 2011)...
Can I Get a Little Advice Here? How An Overstretched High School Guidance System is Undermiing Students' College Aspirations - This report is the second in a series of on what factors influence success and failure and what kinds of measures might be taken to improve college graduation rates. The report is based on a national survey of young adults ages 22-30 asking young Americans how much help they received from the high school guidance system when it comes to choosing a college or career or getting financial aid for college. (Jean Johnson, Jon Rochkind, Amber Ott and Samantha DuPont, Public Agenda, February 2010)...
Below the Accountability Radar Screen: What Does State Policy Say About School Counseling? - - This report examines the state policy context of implementing an initiative that transforms the training and role of today’s school counselors. The author examines the educational reform contexts of California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana and Ohio as it relates to implementing the Transforming School Counselor Initiative and the final analysis ranks the five states with regard to their institutional capacity to fully implement and stabilize reform initiatives related to school counseling.(Angela M. Eilers, Education Policy Analysis Archives, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, January 2004)...
High School Guidance Counseling - The first national data since 1984 on high school guidance programs, this survey examines the self-reported goals of such programs, the prevalence of guidance counseling plans and standards, the perceived effects of block scheduling and other features on schools' capacity to provide guidance services and availability and student participation rates in various types of guidance activities. The survey also reports characteristics of guidance counselors such as certification levels, time spent on various activities and professional development activities. (Basmat Parsad, Debbie Alexander, Elizabeth Farris and Lisa Hudson, National Center for Education Statistics, August 2003)...
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