Data-Driven School Counseling: The Role of the Research–Practice Partnership

Abstract

Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) are ripe contexts for school counselors to employ data-driven practices to improve student outcomes. We leveraged an RPP between two universities and a high school to assist the latter’s school counseling department in examining students’ satisfaction with their counselor interactions. The RPP created the capacity for the counselors to gather and use data to implement targeted interventions for improving students’ awareness and perceptions of their school counselors.