Guidance Programs in American High Schools: A Descriptive Portrait.

Abstract

The field of secondary school guidstaff of local youth-serving agencies, ance is undergoing intensive reapand many others. They also visited praisal. Counselors and educators special programs, reviewed recent agree that such programs are in writings, consulted with the major need of ongoing examination. They professional associations, and corn have noted public criticism of school missioned special analyses, counselors and role changes that The commission's report (College may seriously weaken their profesBoard, 1986) concluded that al sional image (e.g., Day & Sparacio, though the school reform movement 1980; Peer, 1985). Critics have obhas largely ignored guidance and served the brief and occasional na