“…Of the three components inherent in evidence-based school counseling, the school counseling profession has historically focused the most on data-driven and accountability practices (Gysbers, 2004). Practitioners have been provided strategies for implementing data-driven decision-making approaches to facilitating a comprehensive school counseling program (Hartline & Cobia, 2012;Poynton & Carey, 2006;Savitz-Romer et al, 2019) and strategies for implementing accountability approaches that demonstrate student outcomes resulting from school counseling interventions (Astramovich, 2016;Astramovich, Hoskins, & Coker, 2013;Maras, Coleman, Gysbers, Herman, & Stanley, 2013;Sink, 2009;Stone & Dahir, 2011). School counselors have reported various levels of program evaluation and accountability skills (Astramovich, 2016;Maras et al, 2013;Young & Kaffenberger, 2015), with professional development (Young & Kaffenberger, 2015) and mentorship (Maras et al, 2013) found to make a positive impact on the use of data and accountability strategies by school counselors (Astramovich, 2016).…”