GACE Test 1 and 2 School Counselor Exam and Praxis II
School Counselor Exam Latest 2026/2027| Actual Questions
and Detailed Answers| Already Graded A+
3 stages involved in the dynamics of group interventions - ANSWER-Group formation,
group awareness, group action
Cognitive literacy skills - ANSWER-To increase students' ability to think out problems
and find positive solutions to such problems a counselor will focus on these
Essential development skills - ANSWER-Thinking, feeling, relating
Considered a formal assessment - ANSWER-Standardized test/assessment
Standardized test/assessment - ANSWER-Objective, norm referenced, quantitative in
nature, and consistent in content, administration, scoring, and interpreting. Formal
assessment
Formal assessments - ANSWER-5 categories: achievement, aptitude, intelligence,
interests, and personality
Validity, reliability, limitations, bias, characteristics - ANSWER-Counselor needs to
understand these
Academic achievement tests - ANSWER-Most well known and most controversial
,formal assessment
Academic Achievement Tests - ANSWER-Designed to measure knowledge of subject
content based on core academic standards. Aka high stakes
High Stakes Testing - ANSWER-Academic achievement tests
High stakes testing - ANSWER-Students cannot graduate without passing scores and
school and teacher performance is often measured by the student performance on this
test
Achievement - ANSWER-Assessment category that evaluates general knowledge and
performance in a variety of subject areas
Woodcock Johnson, PIAT, Stanford achievement test series act - ANSWER-Achievement
assessment
Norm referenced - ANSWER-Compares scores against an average. Standardized tests
are often norm referenced
Does not have an objective and is solely process oriented - ANSWER-Experiential group
Has prescribed course lessons and a process as a goal - ANSWER-Educational group
Support group - ANSWER-Not necessarily led by counselor
, Therapy group - ANSWER-Form of psychotherapy and is led by a therapist
Forming - ANSWER-Group comes together and gets to know one another.
Storming - ANSWER-Chaotic vying for leadership
Norming - ANSWER-Agreement is reached on how group will operate
Performing - ANSWER-Group becomes effective
Adjourning - ANSWER-Last stage of group
Forming, storming, Norming, performing - ANSWER-Stages of group development
Didactic group - ANSWER-Reading assignments, lectures, and group discussions
Content group - ANSWER-Didactic in nature
Content group - ANSWER-Psychoeducational driven. Driven by content material
Process group - ANSWER-Trained counselor or facilitator who leads group in
accomplishing personal growth
School Counselor Exam Latest 2026/2027| Actual Questions
and Detailed Answers| Already Graded A+
3 stages involved in the dynamics of group interventions - ANSWER-Group formation,
group awareness, group action
Cognitive literacy skills - ANSWER-To increase students' ability to think out problems
and find positive solutions to such problems a counselor will focus on these
Essential development skills - ANSWER-Thinking, feeling, relating
Considered a formal assessment - ANSWER-Standardized test/assessment
Standardized test/assessment - ANSWER-Objective, norm referenced, quantitative in
nature, and consistent in content, administration, scoring, and interpreting. Formal
assessment
Formal assessments - ANSWER-5 categories: achievement, aptitude, intelligence,
interests, and personality
Validity, reliability, limitations, bias, characteristics - ANSWER-Counselor needs to
understand these
Academic achievement tests - ANSWER-Most well known and most controversial
,formal assessment
Academic Achievement Tests - ANSWER-Designed to measure knowledge of subject
content based on core academic standards. Aka high stakes
High Stakes Testing - ANSWER-Academic achievement tests
High stakes testing - ANSWER-Students cannot graduate without passing scores and
school and teacher performance is often measured by the student performance on this
test
Achievement - ANSWER-Assessment category that evaluates general knowledge and
performance in a variety of subject areas
Woodcock Johnson, PIAT, Stanford achievement test series act - ANSWER-Achievement
assessment
Norm referenced - ANSWER-Compares scores against an average. Standardized tests
are often norm referenced
Does not have an objective and is solely process oriented - ANSWER-Experiential group
Has prescribed course lessons and a process as a goal - ANSWER-Educational group
Support group - ANSWER-Not necessarily led by counselor
, Therapy group - ANSWER-Form of psychotherapy and is led by a therapist
Forming - ANSWER-Group comes together and gets to know one another.
Storming - ANSWER-Chaotic vying for leadership
Norming - ANSWER-Agreement is reached on how group will operate
Performing - ANSWER-Group becomes effective
Adjourning - ANSWER-Last stage of group
Forming, storming, Norming, performing - ANSWER-Stages of group development
Didactic group - ANSWER-Reading assignments, lectures, and group discussions
Content group - ANSWER-Didactic in nature
Content group - ANSWER-Psychoeducational driven. Driven by content material
Process group - ANSWER-Trained counselor or facilitator who leads group in
accomplishing personal growth
