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bullet Center for School Counseling Outcome Research

The Center for School Counseling Outcome Research is dedicated to improving the practice of school counseling by developing the research base that is necessary for responsible and effective practice. The Center provides national leadership in the measurement and evaluation of the outcomes of school counseling interventions and programs. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Center helps K-12 leaders and practitioners use research findings and methods to improve school counseling practices by enabling them to set standards, establish benchmarks, implement evidence-based interventions, measure student learning outcomes, and evaluate program effectiveness.


bullet Child Trends DataBank

Derived from reviews of evaluation research on programs using academic achievement, civic engagement, employment, and mentoring strategies, the Child Trends DataBank offers online access to information about programs that effectively address a wide range of outcomes for more than 40 of the databank's indicators
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Join Together Online

Search for briefs on substance abuse. Join Together Online (JTO) has long been a pioneer in using the Internet to support people working on substance abuse and gun violence issues. Every month, three-quarters of a million JTO web pages are viewed by over 350,000 people -- users of this site, subscribers to our e-mail news services, and visitors to websites in our syndication network.

bullet Research Monographs

Wendy McGannon has taken the lead in developing a review and analysis of current outcome research in school counseling. In this review we have included research published in the traditional school counseling journals, interdisciplinary research, and metanalyses that have implications for school counseling.

bullet Search Institute.org

Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. To accomplish this mission, the institute generates and communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and national leaders.

bullet WestED Research

A nonprofit research, development, and service agency
that strives to enhance and increase education and human development within schools, families, and communities.

 
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bullet Are Student Health Risks and Low Resilience Assets an Impediment to the Academic Progress of Schools? - No Date - 5 pages - ( PDF) - WestED.org

bullet Boosting Student Achievement - New Research on the Power of Developmental Assets - October 2003 - 1 page brief - (PDF) - SearchInstitute.org

bullet Boosting Student Achievement - New Research on the Power of Developmental Assets - Oct. 2003 - 10 pages - (PDF) - SearchInstitute.org

bullet Do Expenditures for Student Support Services Lead to Demonstrate Gains in Academic Achievement? (Jacques and Brorsen, 2002) - Oct. 15 2003 - (PDF) - 5 pages - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, DL1

bullet Does a School-Based Social Skills Program Have an Effect on Students’ Behavior and
Social Skills?
April 20th, 2005 (PDF) - 4 pages - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, DL6

bullet Does Implementing a Research-Based School Counseling Curriculum
Enhance Student Achievement?
April. 15 2004 - (PDF) - 4 pages - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, DL5

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Does the PeaceBuilders Intervention Reduce Violence in School?
Februrary 7th 2005 - (PDF) - 3 pages - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research

bullet Health Risks, Resilience and the Academic Performance Index - No Date - 4 pages - (PDF) - WestED.org

bullet Interventions for Helping Students at Risk from Dropping Out of School - 2003 - (PDF) - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, DL4

bullet The Lessons of Meta-Analysis: Does Group Counseling with Children and Adolescents Make a Difference? October 4th 2005 3 Pages (PDF)
bullet Let's Use Effective Drug Abuse Prevention Programs: A Researcher's Commentary - No Date - 14 Pages (PDF), Steve Sussman, Ph.D.

bullet List of Research on School Counseling Effectiveness - No Date - 7 Pages (PDF), DL3

bullet Study of Pupil Personnel Ratios, Services & Programs in California - September 13th, 2004 -5 Pages (PDF) California Department of Education

bullet The Truth About School Counseling No Date - 7 Pages (PDF) American Counseling Association
bullet Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths - Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color - November 2003 - 13 pages - (PDF) - SearchInstitute.org It reviews policy level research (Jacques and Brorsen, 2002) that fails to find evidence that the level of school district expenditures for school counseling activities result in measurable increases in student achievement.

bullet Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths  - Developmental Assets Among Youth of Color Nov - Nov. 2003 - 1 page brief (PDF) - SearchInstitute.org

bullet What are the Effects of Comprehensive Developmental Guidance Programs on Early Elementary Students Academic Achievement?  - Feb. 15, 2004 - (PDF) - Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, DL2

bullet Young People Use Internet for Addiction, Violence Prevention Information - 2001- (PDF) - Join Together Online

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