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Quality Assurance & Improvement Flashcards

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  1. A SAC program wants to track whether early warning indicators of student at-risk status are being identified promptly. This is BEST accomplished through:

    Answer: A case-tracking system with time-to-identification metrics

    A case-tracking system with time-to-identification metrics provides real-time data on whether at-risk students are being identified promptly.

  2. Which action best demonstrates that a SAC counselor is using a data-driven approach to program improvement?

    Answer: Adjusting intervention strategies after analyzing pre/post assessment results

    Adjusting interventions based on pre/post assessment analysis demonstrates evidence-based, data-driven program improvement.

  3. A SAC counselor is preparing a program report for school administration. Which type of data MOST effectively communicates program impact?

    Answer: Percentage of students showing measurable improvement on targeted outcomes

    Percentage of students showing measurable improvement on targeted outcomes directly demonstrates program impact, unlike process metrics like sessions held.

  4. When a SAC program undergoes an external accreditation review, reviewers typically examine all of the following EXCEPT:

    Answer: The personal financial records of the counselor

    Accreditation reviews examine program quality, credentialing, and standards alignment — not the personal finances of individual counselors.

  5. A school district SAC coordinator wants to reduce redundancy between counseling services and social work services. Which quality improvement strategy is MOST relevant?

    Answer: Service mapping and role clarification across disciplines

    Service mapping identifies overlaps and gaps, enabling role clarification and more efficient use of resources across disciplines.

  6. A SAC counselor's program has a high rate of student no-shows to individual sessions. A quality improvement response would include:

    Answer: Analyzing barriers to attendance and testing targeted reminder interventions

    Analyzing barriers and testing reminder interventions is a systematic, data-informed response to improve session attendance rates.

  7. In the context of SAC program evaluation, triangulation refers to:

    Answer: Comparing findings across multiple data sources to validate conclusions

    Triangulation strengthens evaluation validity by cross-verifying findings using multiple independent data sources or methods.