Standard 5 - Assessment
Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.
In addition to assessments of curriculum lessons, small groups, and individual student planning/goal setting, the school counselor consults and collaborates with teachers, teams and groups regarding use of data. The school counselor understands the important role of process, perception and outcome data in designing, implementing and evaluating all components of the school counseling program as well as individual student growth.
a. Aligns classroom assessment with instruction.
b. Communicates assessment criteria and standards to all students and parents.
c. Understands and uses the results of multiple assessments to guide planning and instruction.
d. Guides students in goal setting and assessing their own learning.
e. Provides substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to students and parents.
f. Works with other staff and building and district leadership in analysis of student progress.
Aligned School Counselor Competencies:
• Uses formal and informal methods of program evaluation to design and modify comprehensive school counseling programs (V-B-1a).
• Uses student data to support decision-making in designing effective school counseling programs and interventions (V-B-1b).
• Works with members of the school counseling team and with the administration to decide how school counseling programs are evaluated and how results are shared (V-B-1d).
• Understands and uses data to establish goals and activities to close the achievement, opportunity and information gap (IV-B-3d).
• Collects, analyzes and interprets relevant data, including process, perception and outcome data, to monitor and improve student behavior and achievement (IV-B-3).
Criterion:
Understanding and Use of Data
Programs and Interventions
Program Evaluation
Artifacts:
Organize and analyze data from numerous sources to use in group and individual student planning:
Iowa Assessments data
MAP Testing data
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) data
SAT and ACT data
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) data
National Career Readiness Credential (NCRC) data
I Have A Plan Iowa (IHAPI) interests and aptitude survey and assessment data
Tracking of student grades, absences, and office referrals
In addition to assessments of curriculum lessons, small groups, and individual student planning/goal setting, the school counselor consults and collaborates with teachers, teams and groups regarding use of data. The school counselor understands the important role of process, perception and outcome data in designing, implementing and evaluating all components of the school counseling program as well as individual student growth.
a. Aligns classroom assessment with instruction.
b. Communicates assessment criteria and standards to all students and parents.
c. Understands and uses the results of multiple assessments to guide planning and instruction.
d. Guides students in goal setting and assessing their own learning.
e. Provides substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to students and parents.
f. Works with other staff and building and district leadership in analysis of student progress.
Aligned School Counselor Competencies:
• Uses formal and informal methods of program evaluation to design and modify comprehensive school counseling programs (V-B-1a).
• Uses student data to support decision-making in designing effective school counseling programs and interventions (V-B-1b).
• Works with members of the school counseling team and with the administration to decide how school counseling programs are evaluated and how results are shared (V-B-1d).
• Understands and uses data to establish goals and activities to close the achievement, opportunity and information gap (IV-B-3d).
• Collects, analyzes and interprets relevant data, including process, perception and outcome data, to monitor and improve student behavior and achievement (IV-B-3).
Criterion:
Understanding and Use of Data
Programs and Interventions
Program Evaluation
Artifacts:
Organize and analyze data from numerous sources to use in group and individual student planning:
Iowa Assessments data
MAP Testing data
Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) data
SAT and ACT data
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) data
National Career Readiness Credential (NCRC) data
I Have A Plan Iowa (IHAPI) interests and aptitude survey and assessment data
Tracking of student grades, absences, and office referrals