I recently got the textbook, The Use of Data in School Counseling by Trish Hatch. Affiliate 7 is all almost creating pre/postal service tests. Hatch (2014) uses the A-S-Grand method to measure how much students are learning.

A=Attitude Questions- Attitude questions measure out pupil opinions and beliefs. Many of these questions employ a Likert Scale. Examples of attitude questions:

  • I believe watching fights is a lot of fun. Strongly concord…strongly disagree
  • Compared to high school classes, I think higher classes will exist.. A lot harder…a lot easier
  • I believe kids who written report bullying are snitches. strongly agree….strongly disagree

South=Skills- Creating skills questions is more than difficult than creating cognition and attitude questions. When measuring skills the respondent may be asked to respond a "What would you practice scenario?" Other means to answer skills questions are role play, complete a chore application, locate a missing office to a planner, or write a goal. A cognition question may be "what is the GPA required to movement on" while a skills question may exist to figure out the GPA when given a prepare of grades. Examples of skills questions are:

  • Which of the post-obit is the best thing to say if you want to apply a refusal skill? a) "I will fight you after school" b) "I'm going to get my friends to help me fight." c) "I'm not dealing with this correct now" d) "I refuse to let you call my mom names"
  • Joe is feeling aroused because he didn't get to go to recess. Which of the following is the best way for him to calm downward? a) concur the feelings within b) yell at his teacher c) take a few deep breaths d) kick a desk

One thousand=Knowledge- These questions figure out what the students knows, these questions could be asked earlier the lesson to see if the lesson is necessary or subsequently the lesson to see if the students learned what was beingness taught. Noesis questions are either "correct" or "wrong". These questions can either exist multiple choice or t/f blazon questions. Multiple option questions tend to exist more valid because they but offer a xx% chance of getting the question correct if the student is guessing. Examples of knowledge questions are:

  • To be promoted to the next grade you demand a GPA of?   a) ii.0  b) two.5 c) 3.0 d)3.5
  • Which of the following is a dominion you must concord to in a disharmonize resolution? a) agree to tell the teacher b) No yelling c) concur to take only 10 minutes to talk d) girls always talk first e) No proper name calling
  • Which of the following is a fashion to resist violence? a) conflict management b) moving to a safe area c) both a and b D) none
  • Who is allowed to written report bullying? a) students b) teachers c) parents d) all of the above

When give the post test?

There are benefits to giving the post exam immediately after the lesson. One benefit to giving the post examination immediately after the lesson is to know if the students learned what was intended. If the schoolhouse counselor wants to know if the students retain the information, it may be beneficial to requite two post tests, ane immediately after and one a few weeks or months later.

What about the questions?

It is important to brand sure the questions are developmentally advisable. The survey will not be valid if the students are not agreement the questions. When surveying younger children information technology may be possible to use pictures instead of words for the choices, and for the school counselor to read the survey. The younger the child the shorter the survey should be. This is an instance of a Likert scale for young children:

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Paper or online tests?

Younger children may accept an easier time completing paper tests if they are not comfortable using computers. Older children and adolescents may be fine completing tests on the reckoner and it makes data collection easy for the school counselor. Google Docs has Google Forms which is an easy survey tool to utilize, in that location is likewise Zoomerang and Survey Monkey.

Pre-tests and postal service tests are ane of the ways that schoolhouse counselors can collect data. Using these assessments, school counselors are able to see the impact of the lessons being taught. It as well allows school counselors to see if a lesson needs to be retaught, or not taught at all because the students have already attained the knowledge. Pre-tests and post tests tin be used for classroom guidance, minor group and generally within the school to asses cognition, skills and attitudes.