School of Education's research critical to College Board's book
Research conducted by professor John C. Carey and associate professor Carey Dimmitt of the School of Education’s Center for School Counseling Outcome Research (CSCOR) forms the basis of “Innovation & Inspiration: Ten Effective Counseling Practices from the College Board's Inspiration Award Schools,” published recently by the College Board.
“The College Board's advocacy department is distributing the booklet nationally to superintendents, high school principals and school counselors as part of their college readiness initiative,” said Carey. “This initiative is very consistent with Massachusetts Governor Patrick’s readiness initiative. The College Board is using it to promote changes in school counseling programs in high poverty-high minority schools in order to increase college readiness.”
The booklet highlights counseling practices that have proven effective in helping make college a reality for minority, low-income, immigrant and first-generation students. It is based on research sponsored in 2006 by the College Board’s National Office for School Counselor Advocacy (NOSCA) of the school counseling practices, skills and dispositions that are found in Inspiration Award Schools. The study, conducted by CSCOR, identified 10 activities characteristic of many of these successful counseling programs.
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.
February 12, 2009.
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