A "study skills" inventory asks only about note-taking and leaves out time management and test preparation. Which kind of validity is weak?Wikipedia, Content validity (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A counselor gives a class the same interest survey twice, two weeks apart, and most students' results change sharply. Which quality does the survey lack?Wikipedia, Reliability (statistics) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A counselor must give a career interest survey to a student who is new to English. Which ASCA ethical standard applies?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.14.a (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A counselor's personal values conflict with a choice a student wants to talk through. What do the ASCA Ethical Standards say about referring the student elsewhere?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.6.e (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
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Student diversity and assessment, continued
A data review shows lasting differences in test scores and graduation rates between income groups at one school. What is this pattern called?Wikipedia, Achievement gaps in the United States (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
A parent reads that her son scored at the 70th percentile on a reading test. What should the counselor explain?Wikipedia, Percentile rank (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A report says a sixth grader "scored better than most sixth graders in the national sample" and says nothing about which skills she has mastered. What type of test produced it?Wikipedia, Norm-referenced test (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A student who moved from another country takes up some customs of her new school while keeping her family's traditions. Which term names this process?Wikipedia, Acculturation (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
A student's achievement report shows a stanine of 5. How should the counselor read it?Wikipedia, Stanine (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
A teacher often tells a bilingual student, "Your English is so good for someone like you." She means it kindly. What is the remark an example of?Wikipedia, Microaggression (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
A youth who lost housing and is staying with friends missed the district's enrollment deadline. Under the federal law on homeless children and youths, what must the chosen school do?Cornell Legal Information Institute, 42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(3)(C) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
Before a math placement test, girls in one class are reminded of the belief that boys do better at math, and their scores drop. Which concept explains the drop?Wikipedia, Stereotype threat (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
Few students from low-income families are enrolled in a school's honors and dual enrollment courses. What do the ASCA Ethical Standards ask of the counselor?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.10.g and A.10.h (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 001 (diversity and equity issues in school counseling).
Most ninth graders at a school missed 2 to 4 days last year, but three missed more than 60. Which statistic best shows the typical student's absences?Wikipedia, Median (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
Which student meets the definition of a person with a disability in the Section 504 regulation?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 104.3(j) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 002 (student assessment and evaluation).
Comprehensive school counseling program 22
A capable student avoids advanced science because she doubts she could succeed in it. Social cognitive career theory would look first at which factor?Wikipedia, Career counseling (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
A counselor accepts a student without judgment, is genuine with her and works to understand her feelings as she feels them. These three conditions are the core of which approach?Wikipedia, Person-centered therapy (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
A counselor asks, "Suppose the problem were solved overnight while you slept. What is the first thing you would notice?" Which approach uses this question?Wikipedia, Solution-focused brief therapy (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
A counselor drafts the program's vision statement, its annual student outcome goals and its calendars. Under which component of the ASCA National Model do these tools fall?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
A lesson objective reads, "Students will list three study strategies." The counselor changes it to "Students will use one strategy to plan for a coming test." Which level of the revised Bloom's taxonomy does the new objective reach?Wikipedia, Bloom's taxonomy (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
A Michigan school counselor has reasonable cause to suspect that a student is being abused. What does the Child Protection Law require?Michigan Legislature, Child Protection Law, MCL 722.623(1)(a) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
A parent asks the counselor to name a therapist outside school for her daughter. What do the ASCA Ethical Standards direct?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.6.b (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
A seventh grader rules out nursing because "that is a job for girls." Which theory describes this narrowing of options by gender type and prestige?Wikipedia, Career counseling (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
A student says, "I failed the quiz, so I am stupid," and feels hopeless. In the A-B-C model of rational emotive behavior therapy, what is the B?Wikipedia, Rational emotive behavior therapy (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
A student tells the counselor he has thought about suicide, and a risk assessment comes out low. Under the ASCA Ethical Standards, what does the counselor do?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.9.a and A.9.b (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
According to the ASCA National Model, why do school counselors regularly assess their program?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
An interest inventory shows a student's strong preference for activities that inform, train, develop or help other people. Which Holland type is this?Wikipedia, Holland Codes (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
Before writing the year's classroom lessons, a counselor surveys students, parents and teachers to find the distance between students' current skills and the skills the school wants. What is this step?Wikipedia, Needs assessment (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
How much of a school counselor's time does the ASCA National Model say should go to direct and indirect student services?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
In Donald Super's life-span, life-space theory, which stage covers tentatively trying out career options through part-time work, classes and hobbies?Wikipedia, Life-span, life-space theory (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
In the third meeting of a counseling group, members argue over who talks most and question the leader's plan. Which of Tuckman's stages is this?Wikipedia, Tuckman's stages of group development (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
Michigan law lets a pupil's Michigan Merit graduation requirements be modified through a personal curriculum. Who must agree to it before it takes effect?Michigan Legislature, Revised School Code, MCL 380.1278b(5) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
Under Michigan's Revised School Code, in which grade must a district give each pupil the opportunity to develop an educational development plan?Michigan Legislature, Revised School Code, MCL 380.1278b(11) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
Under the ASCA National Model, which set holds only direct student services?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
Under the same Michigan law, who develops, reviews and revises an educational development plan?Michigan Legislature, Revised School Code, MCL 380.1278b(11) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 004 (vocational, educational and career development and planning).
What do the ASCA Ethical Standards say about confidentiality in small-group counseling?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), A.7.h (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 005 (responsive services: counseling, referral and crisis intervention).
Which statement matches the ASCA National Model's description of a school counseling program?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 003 (developmental guidance curriculum).
The professional environment 15
A 17-year-old leaves high school early and enrolls at a community college. Who holds the FERPA rights over her college records?U.S. Department of Education, Student Privacy Policy Office, What is FERPA? (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
A counselor agrees to supervise a school counseling intern. What do the ASCA Ethical Standards require of a site supervisor?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), section D (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
A counselor asking the school board for more staff cites the ASCA National Model's ideal caseload. What is it?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
A counselor is given daily lunchroom supervision and regular substitute coverage. What do the ASCA Ethical Standards say the counselor should do?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), B.2.c (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
A counselor keeps a promise to check in weekly with a student, even in a busy testing season. Which principle of the ASCA ethical decision-making model does this honor?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), section F (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
A counselor's handwritten case notes, kept as a personal memory aid, are handed to the assistant principal to read. What follows under the FERPA regulations?Code of Federal Regulations, 34 CFR 99.3 (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
A Michigan counselor who suspects abuse tells the principal, who says, "Leave it with me." Does that meet the counselor's duty under the Child Protection Law?Michigan Legislature, Child Protection Law, MCL 722.623(1)(a) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
A principal asks the counselor to coordinate the building's achievement testing program. How does the ASCA National Model class that task?American School Counselor Association, ASCA National Model Executive Summary (fourth edition) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
A school improvement team writes this goal: "By June, cut ninth-grade course failures from 60 to 45." Which SMART criterion does "by June" supply?Wikipedia, SMART criteria (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
How do the ASCA Ethical Standards describe the counselor's leadership responsibility to the school?American School Counselor Association, ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022), B.2.d (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
Under Michigan's Revised School Code, how many hours of approved professional development in career counseling must a counselor complete before the credential is renewed?Michigan Legislature, Revised School Code, MCL 380.1233(6) (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
What does Michigan's Matt Epling Safe School Law require of every school district board?Michigan Legislature, Revised School Code, MCL 380.1310b (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 006 (school counselor leadership skills).
Which duty did the California Supreme Court's 1976 Tarasoff decision place on mental health professionals?Wikipedia, Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
Which event led Congress to pass the National Defense Education Act, which brought a large growth in school guidance?Wikipedia, History of school counseling in the United States (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
Who is credited as the first person to put systematic guidance programs into schools, becoming a high school principal in 1907?Wikipedia, History of school counseling in the United States (read 2026-10-12). Outline: MTTC School Counselor (051) test objectives, objective 007 (professional roles and responsibilities).
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test objectives of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) field 051, School Counselor, as the MTTC site prints them (https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/Content/STUDYGUIDE/MI_SG_obj_051.htm and the test page https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MI051_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-12): Student diversity and assessment, 29%; Comprehensive school counseling program, 42%; The professional environment, 29%; 100 multiple-choice questions, 2 hours 30 minutes of testing time, passing score 220. This bank holds 52 questions, spread 15, 22 and 15 over those subareas. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the public page named under its question: the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors (2022) and the ASCA National Model executive summary of the American School Counselor Association; the Michigan Compiled Laws on the Michigan Legislature's site (the Revised School Code, sections 380.1233, 380.1278b and 380.1310b, and the Child Protection Law, section 722.623); the Code of Federal Regulations (34 CFR 99.3 and 104.3); the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office; 42 U.S.C. 11432 at the Cornell Legal Information Institute; and the Wikipedia article named for each remaining question. Licence: Questions, passages, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
A free MTTC school counseling practice test: 52 questions of our own for School Counselor, field 051, as a practice round, a timed exam or a paper test. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Michigan Department of Education or Pearson.
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MTTC School Counselor study guide: what field 051 covers
By the test objectives read October 12, 2026: student diversity and assessment 29%, the comprehensive school counseling program 42% and the professional environment 29%, over seven objectives. This bank holds 15, 22 and 15. Exam mode draws 50 for 75 minutes, half the real test at its pace.
Michigan's own law
Seven questions rest on the Michigan Compiled Laws: the educational development plan begun in grade 7, the personal curriculum, the Child Protection Law's immediate report, the Matt Epling Safe School Law and the hours a counselor needs for renewal. Seventeen rest on the ASCA Ethical Standards and the ASCA National Model.
Objective 007 names the ASCA ethical standards. Read their parts on confidentiality, group work, and serious and foreseeable harm.
Three objectives cite the State Board of Education's Universal Education Vision and Principles. Read that document; this bank does not quote it.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the MTTC School Counselor test?
The test page lists 100 multiple-choice questions on a computer: 2 hours 30 minutes of testing inside an appointment of 2 hours 45 minutes. It adds that some questions are being tried out and do not affect the score.
What is the passing score for MTTC School Counselor (051)?
220 or higher, on a scale that runs from 100 to 300, set by the Michigan Department of Education. A candidate who passes sees no number: total scores are reported only to those who do not pass.
Is there an MTTC School Counselor study guide?
Yes. The MTTC site has a four-section study guide for field 051 with the test objectives and sample multiple-choice questions, and registration brings access to an online practice test. The questions on this page repeat none of theirs.
How soon can you retake the MTTC School Counselor test?
After 30 days, and only once the official score report for the last attempt has been posted. The MTTC retake policy puts no limit on the number of attempts at a test not yet passed.