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The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career and social/emotional development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society. ASCA provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to school counselors around the globe.
The ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Every Student (PDF) describe the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness and social/emotional development.
The Impact of School Counseling
The Impact of School Counseling
The modern framework for school counseling is the ASCA National Model, which provides consistency and standardization for school counseling programs across the country. The ASCA National Model emphasizes the use of data-informed methods to quantify the impact school counselors have on student achievement and success.
Numerous research studies have quantified the impact of school counselors on student development and success, as well as on school climate and K–12 education in general. The ASCA grants program has funded several studies measuring school counselors’ impact on student outcomes, including the effect of student-school-counselor ratios. Other studies, published in Professional School Counseling and other literature, support the role of school counselors in student success, including improved ACT and SAT scores, more informed college decision-making, fewer disciplinary actions, improved attendance and more.
Effectiveness of School Counseling Research
College- and Career-Readiness Research
Ratios-Duties Research
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