Deck 8: Accountability and Data-Driven Decision Making

Question 1

When targeted results are not met with regard to a MEASURE, ________________________________.

A)repeat the MEASURE
B)reanalyze and refocus to determine why the strategies were not effective
C)blame the stakeholders for their failure to follow through on their commitments
D)focus on the students and their inability to learn
E)assume that you didn't see all aspects of student success

Answer 1

B

Question 2

An example of a critical data element is the _________________________________.

A)pre- and post-needs assessment results
B)number of students participating in a college fair
C)graduation rate
D)number of students receiving student of the month certificates
E)number of classroom guidance lessons delivered this month

Answer 2

C

Question 3

One way in which technology can assist the school counselor is to ______________________________.

A)provide concise, easy-to-read print-outs of student information
B)guarantee the cooperation of district or school managers of student information management systems
C)help in making informed decisions about student scheduling, attendance, discipline, test score history, and grade point averages
D)enable the querying of other state educational databases
E)ensure a growth in the expertise of school counselor with regard to technology

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A data-driven school counseling program becomes a _________________ affecting policies and procedures that will widen opportunities and empower more students to be successful learners.

Question 5

A ________________ approach to building a school counseling program will help garner support and secure one's position as a valued player in school improvement.

Question 6

All of the following are direct measures of student achievement EXCEPT ___________.

A)test results
B)number of credits completed per year
C)grade point average
D)enrollment in honors courses
E)rank in class

Question 7

Results-based accountability is soft data. Put this with the school counseling program's impact on critical data elements and the program is ___________________________.

A)time-on-task data
B)aligned with the accountability agenda of the school and school district
C)time spent by the counselor on various tasks
D)movement of students' grade point averages
E)none of the above

Question 8

Critical data elements are important to school counselors because ______________________________________.

A)principals want the data
B)counselors can impact data to make a difference in schools
C)the data ensure an increase in a counselor's salary
D)parents scrutinize this data
E)the data effectively reflects students' achievement

Question 9

Accountability is ___________________________________________.

A)sharing responsibility involving all critical players in the school setting
B)demonstrated by the analyzing the number of counseling sessions
C)a quadrant of the ASCA National Model
D)demonstrated by time and task analysis
E)a and c

Question 10

A six-step accountability process to assist counselors in demonstrating impact on critical data is called _____________________.

A)MEASURE
B)the school report card
C)SUCEED
D)I)E.P.
E)IDEA

Question 11

Data-driven school counseling _____________________________________.

A)is essential to designing a group counseling program
B)is aligned with the goals of school improvement
C)helps students acquire career information
D)is comprehensive and developmental
E)is reactive, not proactive

Question 12

Through MEASURE, it is possible to directly link the work of school counselors to ________________.

A)communication with parents
B)professional development
C)staff development
D)student success
E)school curriculum

Question 13

School counselors should add an ________________ to time-on-task information to demonstrate how one's efforts make a difference in district report card data.

Question 14

After school counselors report how their time is spent with students, _____________ accountability is how they can go a step further and assess the impact that time spent had on students.

A)results-based
B)time-on-task
C)demographic
D)student impact
E)baseline

Question 15

Which of the following is the best example of outcome data?

A)number of guidance lessons conducted
B)the number of hours spent in career and academic advising
C)percentage of students that can identify financial resources for postsecondary education
D)number of students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
E)success rates in school resulting from participation in conflict resolution programs

Question 16

Rank in class is an example of a _________________ measure of achievement.

Question 17

An example of a strategy to impact student retention is ___________________.

A)classroom guidance classes on "freshmen survival skills and postsecondary requirements"
B)involvement of parents and students through contracts and phone calls
C)conducting tri-weekly assessments of at-risk students
D)developing an advisor/advisee program
E)all of the above

Question 18

________________ in a school setting is accountable for student success.

Question 19

Which of the following is not a possible use of data disaggregation?

A)determining how policy and practices affect issues of equity
B)separating data elements by ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status
C)identifying which groups of students are succeeding and which are not
D)analyzing the data on an individual student's report card
E)reporting the number of discipline referrals by grade level

Question 20

The ASCA National Model for school counseling programs asserts ___________________________.

A)that school counselors should be paid a fair wage
B)that counseling programs should be evaluated monthly
C)the importance of programs having an accountability system
D)that the demographic nature of the school is relatively unimportant
E)the difference between programs and the school mission statement

Question 21

If targeted results were met, then there is no need to reanalyze.

Question 22

Time-on-task tallying is inadequate when used as the only method of accountability.

Question 23

Describe the components of a data-driven, accountable school counseling program, and explain why having a program that is data-driven is essential for the 21st century school.Salient Points to Consider
a. how school counseling has changed recently
b. what types of data should be utilized by school counselors
c. how the data should be utilized
d. how use of data can benefit students

Question 24

_____________________ are those responsible for implementing interventions to positively impact student success.

Question 25

Indirect measures of achievement include ______________________________.

Question 26

Implementing a MEASURE is an easy way to connect the school leadership team and demonstrate that you are helping to drive data in a positive direction.

Question 27

Interventions and __________________ successfully move critical data elements in a positive direction.

Question 28

Using the steps of MEASURE, explain how a school counselor and his/her staff would work through each step to improve the student rate of going on to postsecondary education. Salient Points to Consider
a. mission
b. elements
c. analyze
d. stake-holders unite
e. reanalyze
f. educate

Question 29

Implementing a MEASURE demonstrates a school counselor's desire to drive _________________ in a positive direction.

Question 30

A form of data that separates and contrasts data elements by ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, teaching status, etc. is called _____________________ data.