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In today’s educational environment, it is paramount that school counselors use high quality assessments such as ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests to guide decision-making. Assessment data is necessary to provide data to assist with decisions related to each student’s educational journey. 

Reflecting on your previous practicums and internships as well as your readings and research, write a 750-1,000-word analysis that explains:

How a school counselor would select high quality formal assessments .

How the school counselor would access valid and reliable research to identify high quality tests that are appropriate for their assessment needs.

• Comparison of normed and criterion-referenced assessments in both structure and implementation.
• The importance of normative groups to test the creation process and why normed tests are important in the field of school counseling.
• How quality tests and assessments can guide the decision-making  process for school counselors by justifying the validity and the reliability of the research.
• Social and cultural considerations that can arise in standardized testing.