The NSCRC plans to provide leadership in the development, promotion,
facilitation and dissemination of school counseling research demonstrating the
connection between school counseling programs and student success. It is
believed that this research can inform and shape policy change at the local, state
and federal levels and allow school counselors to more fully implement
comprehensive and culturally responsive approaches to removing the systemic
barriers to the academic achievement of all students (ASCA, 2004).
National Panel for School Counseling Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practices have been developed in many fields to help
practitioners gain access to strong, useful literature about the research that has been
completed in a field. To address this need in the field of school counseling, the
CSCOR has developed the National Panel for School Counseling Evidence Based
Practice, which is composed of school counseling educators and practitioners who
have been identified as experts in the field. Panel members are currently
evaluating existing methods of evidence-based practice by reviewing the research
literature so that they may establish rules of evidence to determine whether a
practice can be identified as evidence-based. The panel is identifying rules for
judging strong evidence, identifying needed research, and communicating their
findings to other practitioners and researchers.