In 2004 ECMC Foundation published a guide called "Realizing the College Dream" (RTCD) which is designed for educators and staff to help low-income, first-generation college, middle and high school students increase their expectations of attending postsecondary education, and take steps to realize this goal. While ECMC Foundation trainings and…

The 1987-88 status of the Guaranteed Guidance and Counseling Program of the Portland Public Schools (Oregon), which was piloted in 1983-84, is described and evaluated. The program is based on a model of secondary school guidance and counseling that: (1) lets schools determine what services are delivered; and (2) emphasizes group, rather than…

This report extends previous Center explorations of the status of organized efforts to provide student supports. In 2005 we did a policy and practice analysis of school improvement planning guides to determine how student supports were formally integrated into school improvement planning. We followed this, in 2006, with analyses of a sample of…

This report addresses both why and how charter schools designed for students with disabilities operate their programs and provides information learned about charter schools specifically designed for children with disabilities through a series of questions and answers. First, the legal and policy context in which such schools develop and operate is…

Alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) affect every segment of our society. This publication reports the progress Wisconsin school districts have made toward providing programs that address these problems. The report opens with a statement of the problem and a description of Wisconsin's model for treating these abuses. Investigators evaluated…

Phoenix Elementary School District #1 began implementing its Competency Based Guidance Program (CBGP) during the 1991-92 school year after being awarded a U.S. Department of Education Drug Free Schools and Communities Programs Grant. The purpose of CBGP was to provide middle-school students with a developmental and proactive guidance program.…

This report describes Nevada's first systematic collection of statewide information about guidance and counseling personnel and programs. In fall 1988, 224 of the 315 school counselors in Nevada completed a survey covering: (1) personal and job related data; (2) amount and quality of preservice education and professional development activities;…

This study reports an investigation of the Secondary Guidance Program within the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools. Three components were studied: (1) program activities; (2) program management; and (3) program impact. Findings from numerous surveys and from a job analysis of guidance personnel were reported. The greatest number of concern…

The College Assistance Program (CAP) in the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools was established in 1977 to encourage and assist the efforts of high school seniors to pursue post-secondary education. This evaluation of CAP was designed to examine the extent to which the program was meeting its goals and providing a worthwhile service. The…

A project developed and tested the instrumentation and procedures needed to assess students' mastery of guidance competencies as a result of their participation in the curriculum component of the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program Model. The advice of a group of counselors, administrators, and counselor educators assembled in February 1992 in…

This resource booklet contains an operational appraisal instrument for use in evaluating the program effectiveness of secondary school guidance and counseling activities. It first presents criteria for exemplary guidance programs, which form the basis for the evaluation. Program areas appraised by this instrument include philosophy and objectives,…

This guide supports the central objective of ensuring that young people enjoy the best possible introduction to, and experience of, work-related learning through strong partnerships between schools and colleges. The process of self-evaluation using quality indicators has already had a significant and positive impact on the quality of provision in…

In September 1947, the National Vocational Guidance Association, through its Division of Professional Training and Certification, appointed a planning committee to work out a manual on the preparation of counselors. Interest in this project spread until seven additional organizations expressed a willingness to cooperate. The results of the study…