Assignment 5: Accountability Paper

Component # 5: Accountability
1. The purpose of a results report is to ensure that the program was accurately evaluated which helps to find and make improvements. The data found is used to make sure the program is effective and make a personalized program. The 3 types of result reports are Curriculum, small group, and closing the gap results reports. These reports can include: whether or not the goals were appropriate; did the program support the goals; process data; perception data; and outcome data. These reports are given to stakeholders through websites, paper copies, school reports, and presentations. The ultimate goal is to express why school counselors and counseling is important.

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• Proximal evaluations occur at the beginning and end of the session/program, (i.e. pre/post-test) and is used to connect the projected outcome to the program. Distal evaluation is taken over time and are used to find the benefits and pitfalls of the program on a continuing basis.
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Outcome data determines how the program made a difference, which can include attendance and graduation rates.
• It is important to analyze the program using proximal data to see if the program working for the students. This can include surveys and pre/post-test, formal and/or informal in nature, which are given before and after sessions/ programs and possibly even through the year to evaluate the program. Outcome data are taken during the year to see if the program is working and should be used to see which, if any, sections need to be adapted. This could include graduation/attendance rates, dropout rates, and