The major uses and components of classroom or, school-based research processes, academic test, interpretation, and limitations. Participants, explore quantitative and qualitative research, methods, critiques of research studies, assessment, and evaluation, integration of assessment with, instruction, portfolios, comprehensive school, counseling programs, and what it means to be a, practitioner-researcher. Topics include cultural, assumptions held by researchers and the effects of, these assumptions on research practices and, results. Candidates develop a database, PowerPoint, presentation, and webpage for data display.