When It Is Used
Use it after identifying a specific achievement gap the school counseling program is expected to address.
Achievement Gap Plan and Data Report
Achievement Gap Plan and Data Report is a practitioner-only ASCA school counseling planning and outcome-reporting tool for school counselors. It helps practitioners define a targeted achievement gap, record intended change, compare baseline and follow-up student outcome status, and review whether further action is indicated.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The report captures the target group, outcome gap, intended change, intervention connection, baseline data, follow-up data, measured change, and further-action status where recorded.
Important Limits
The tool displays change when data are comparable. It does not claim the intervention caused the change or generate equity conclusions.
Does this report prove the intervention caused the outcome change?
No. It shows baseline-to-follow-up change for a targeted gap and keeps causal interpretation with the practitioner.
What happens if baseline and follow-up use different measures?
The report should mark the data as non-comparable and not calculate an unsupported before/after result.
Is student data entered by students?
No. The product is practitioner-only; student outcome information is practitioner-provided for the targeted comparison.