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Counseling and Academic Achievement
NCLB brought academic achievement for all students to the top of education reform priorities. The new emphasis on achievement for all coincides with a movement among school counselors to move from the periphery to the center of a school's mission. Counselors can help individual students do better in school and make better choices for life after school. They can also help schools move beyond antiquated systems to real reforms that benefit the entire school community.

Resources

School Counselors and Principals: Partners in Support of Academic Achievement (Carolyn B. Stone and Mary A. Clark, 2001) - PDF | Word
Discusses how school counselors can become central players in ensuring academic success for all students by partnering with principals. Gives specific examples showing how counselors took a leadership role in changing attitudes and beliefs, developing high aspirations in students, career guidance, coursework assignments, data analysis, staff development, collaboration and team-building, and promoting a safe learning environment.

Does Implementing a Research-based School Counseling Curriculum Enhance Student Achievement? (Center for School Counseling Outcome Research, 2004) - PDF | Word
Reviews a 2003 study that used a rigorous research method and found that a comprehensive guidance program had strong positive effects on student achievement. Includes recommendations for increasing the use of research-based counseling programs in schools.

Improving Academic Achievement in Primary Students Through a Systemic Approach to Guidance and Counseling (Washington School Research Center, 2003) - PDF | Word
Results of a study that looked at whether elementary-age students in schools with strong guidance and counseling programs did better on standard measures of academic achievement. The researchers found that students who had spent several years in schools with strong programs did do better on achievement tests. They suggest that schools use these findings to bolster comprehensive counseling programs that foster career, academic and personal competencies.

The ASCA National Model
Model for counselors that reflects the shift from a service-centered to a program-centered role, and ties that role to students' academic achievement.

Legislation

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling under NCLB (Department of Education)
Section of the "No Child Left Behind Desktop Reference" that deals with the major changes in counseling programs under the new law. Includes the purpose of the counseling program, what's new under NCLB, and how it works.

School Counselors and No Child Left Behind (Idaho School Counseling Association)
Includes a document outlining the provisions of NCLB that apply to counselors and counseling, and a grid matching topics of importance to counselors to sections of the law. Also includes the NCLB desk reference produced by the Department of Education in 2002.


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