“Candidates are knowledgeable about basic principles of research design, action research, and program evaluation. This includes traditional experimental design as well as qualitative and single- subject designs. Candidates are able to differentiate high quality from inadequate research, and understand measurement and statistics in sufficient depth to evaluate published research and conduct evaluations of counseling and guidance and other educational programs in terms of student outcomes. Candidates understand and utilize computer technology and attendant technological applications for conducting program evaluation."

For my action research paper, I wrote about my experience of running a summer program that helped Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students in gaining a college-going identity. I took pre- and post- surveys with questions ranging from "do you see yourself going to college" to "what kind of career are you interested in?" We had a pretty successful program that helped boost their not only their cultural identity, but SEL and college-going identity.