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In this essay, the author

• Explains that counselors work with school staff to incorporate a developmentally appropriate education for all students. all stakeholders must be on the same page and work together to close achievement gaps.
• Explains the importance of having the school and families working together to promote student success. assessments measure achievement and intellectual ability among students, identify students with special needs, and provide information on students who may need help.
• Explains the types of information needed to make decisions, such as tests, observations, surveys, checklists, and inventories.

• Explains that counselors work with school staff to incorporate a developmentally appropriate education for all students. all stakeholders must be on the same page and work together to close achievement gaps.
• Explains the importance of having the school and families working together to promote student success. assessments measure achievement and intellectual ability among students, identify students with special needs, and provide information on students who may need help.
• Explains the types of information needed to make decisions, such as tests, observations, surveys, checklists, and inventories.
• Describes the three standards that deal with selecting instruments and appropriate use from the aca code of ethics.
• Explains that counsellors are responsible for the appropriate application, scoring, interpretation, and use of assessment instruments relevant to the needs of the client, whether they use technology or other services.
• Explains that the school assessment program includes the cogat, wechsler individual achievement test, reynolds adolescent depression scale, and brown attention deficit disorders for children.
• Explains that teachers may be asked to complete the inventory, which is a 90-item behavior checklist completed by professionals who have worked closely with referred individuals and had sufficient opportunity to observe the student's performance.
• Describes the responsibilities of the staff, including training on administering the cogat and the wechsler achievement test.
• Explains that counselors provide professional personnel with accurate, objective, concise and meaningful data necessary to adequately evaluate, counsel, and assist the student.
• Explains the importance of assessment and data for school counselors. the cornerstone of the national model is accountability.
• Cites american counseling association (2005), aca code of ethics, and american school counselor association (2008).
• Explains the assessment procedures for counselors and helping professionals (7th ed.) and the learning disabilities diagnostic inventory.