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.

Write a 800-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be four sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount.There are many countercultures in the world. Name one of them and explain why you believe they fit into this category.Each person in society has a status. What is your status? In addition, do you believe you were given this status? Explain why or why not.It is said that we all learn by experience. Or do we? There are three theories of socialism. Think of a personal situation where it was a “learning experience” and describe the outcome based on the theories of socialization.We all experience the stages of the Life Course — some more than others. At this point in your life, you may be in the Young Adulthood or Middle Adulthood stage. Thinking into the future, how do you see your Life Course playing out? Describe it using each of the remaining phases. OverviewA person’s ability to adapt in society is not part of their genetic heritage. Instead it is found in culture and society. Culture relates to the customs of people, while society relates to the people practicing the customs.This module outlines the components of culture, cultural unity, and diversity. It reviews the key concepts to social structure, the process of socialization through foundations, its relationship to the development of the self, and how it changes nature over the life course.Many different cultures exist in society and are largely distinguished through norms, values, and symbols or language. And, although cultural unity can bring many people together under one umbrella, it is the subcultures and countercultures that differentiate the groups. Each group, like a club or board of directors, has specifics that interweave people’s interactions and relations in recurrent and stable patterns. That is where the social structure is built.Socialization is the backbone of cultures and the perpetuation of society. People and society are mutually dependent on it. Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead, and Erving Goffman each had theories on the formation of the self. No matter how self-socialization is viewed, socialization is a continuing, a lifelong process.Youtube Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4JpaZ39ZpsRead Chapter 2-3 / https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/0077458087/cfi/66!/4/2@100:0.00(NurseSloany@gmail.com/Tutorhelp4ever!)Content Weight: 30% in-depth coverage of topic; outstanding clarity and explanation of concepts demonstrated in information presented; approaches assignment with depth and breadth, without redundancy, using clear and focused details.Organization Weight: 25% Exceptionally clear, logical, mature, and thorough organization permitting smooth flow of ideas; Introduction that grabs interest of reader and states topic in clear, unambiguous terms. Excellent concluding summary with succinct and precise ideas that impact reader.Logic/Argument Weight: 15% Provides exemplary logical reasoning for the claims and thoughts within the assignment. Support Weight: 20%Provides very strong support from credible, current, relevant, academic citations; Meets or exceeds the minimum number of required citations in assignment description. Accurate citations and references are presented. No APA errors are evident.Quality of Written Communication Weight: 10% Style and voice are not only appropriate to the given audience and purpose, but also show originality and creativity. Word choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic and varied. Free of mechanical and typographical errors. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used. Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.