Presents a brief national history of school reform and discusses some missing ingredients in school reform proposals. Offers perspectives on the role of the school counselor in school reform proposals, and suggests that counselors have important roles in monitoring the impact of school policies and curriculum modifications on student behavior and…

The status of assessment in terms of federal policy, the social or economic climate related to education, the role of testing in counseling, assessment as an intervention in its own right, and assessment as it is affected by technology are important components of the context of issues and challenges related to assessment at the edge of the 21st…