User:Sydneyd75/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(History of school counseling in the United States)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose the article "History of school counseling in the United States" because I plan to pursue school counseling in graduate school, I hope to eventually work with and gain a licensure in the 5-12th education. This article matters because it is giving me a sense and history of where school counseling came from, and how it has evolved over time to where it is now.

Evaluate the article
This article was very concise and explained all of the information very clearly. The first sentence was a great introduction to what the article was about, it clearly summarized what was going to be talked about within the article which is essentially the history of school counseling and how it has came to be the program it is now. The article is set up in a concise way where it begins with the early history beginning at just the start of school counseling or as the article states it "the early years". It then clearly introduces each decade from the 1950s to the 1990s to the most recent history and transformation. The articles content is relevant to the topic and does not stray away from the history of school counseling. The article stops it history and research at the year 2012, where the most recent model of the ASCA (American School Counselor Association) National Model Framework for school counseling programs was released. The article is neutral, I would not say it is persuading or swaying in one position or another, it is rather an informative article that is based on facts and history. Although while I was looking through the sources linked towards the end of the article a few brought to a page not found. While there were plenty of sources that brought me to a reliable and informative cite/journal, for example "The impact of more fully implemented guidance programs on the school experiences of high school students: A statewide evaluation study". Furthermore, the article is written fairly well, I did not notice any grammar or spelling mistakes. The article does not include any imagery or media, but I think in the case of this educational article it truly was not needed. When looking through the talk page on the article I noticed that some stated that it does need to be expanded upon with further reading. I do think this is true, it was a shorter article but it was right to the point and gave the information it needed to provide for the subject. Overall I found this article pretty educational and interesting. There were aspects where the article could have gone a bit more in depth, but overall I found it concise and clear.