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Selected Works of Rita Cantrell Schellenberg
Article
Promoting Cultural Responsiveness and Closing the Achievement Gap with Standards Blending
Professional School Counseling (2009)
  • Rita C. Schellenberg, Liberty University
  • Tim Grothaus, Old Dominion University
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Keywords
  • Standards Blending,
  • Multicultural School Counseling,
  • Crosswalking,
  • ASCA,
  • Academic Achievement,
  • Total Student Development
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Publisher Statement
In this article, standards blending the integration of core academic and school counseling standards, is demonstrated as a culturally responsive strategy to assist in closing the achievement gap for a group of third grade African American males. The small group intervention described here resulted in knowledge gains in both the school counseling and academic curriculum content areas. All participants also reported experiencing increased self-esteem.
Citation Information
Rita C. Schellenberg and Tim Grothaus. "Promoting Cultural Responsiveness and Closing the Achievement Gap with Standards Blending" Professional School Counseling Vol. 12 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rita_schellenberg/8/