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Evaluation of students in The OSU School Psychology Program is conducted at two levels. First, students are evaluated in each course, and these procedures are clearly described in the course syllabi. Course objectives and assignments correspond with the competencies described elsewhere in the handbook. Also, students who do not receive at least a B- in the core school psychology courses will not be allowed to continue in the course work within that sequence and will be expected to retake the course in which they received less than a B-. The OSU Graduate School also mandates that students must maintain a 3.0 GPA every quarter they are admitted to a graduate program. Students who do not maintain this 3.0 average will be placed on probation. In addition, students who are on assistantship and who drop below a 3.0 will be in danger of losing their assistantship. Please refer to the OSU Graduate School Handbook for more information regarding these policies.

In addition to evaluation at the course level, students are also evaluated at the program level. Course evaluation is important, but does not provide students with a more comprehensive overview of their progress in the program. Students will receive written feedback on their progress in acquiring the program competencies at the end of each academic year. Students who wish to receive verbal feedback or clarification on the written feedback need to make an appointment with their advisor. Students will be expected to complete and sign the Master's Annual Review Form and return to the program director within two weeks of receipt. Students must make reasonable progress as outlined in the Graduate Studies Handbook, the School of PAES Graduate Studies Handbook, and the School Psychology Program Handbook.

At the end of the first year in the master's program, the annual review process will focus on advancement to practicum. Students who do not rate high enough on the Master's Annual Review Form and/or who are deemed as lacking in sufficient professional or clinical skill by the faculty, can be withheld from the second year practicum. If students are not allowed to advance to the second year practicum, they will be required to complete the practicum the following year (if they successfully advance to practicum at that time), thus delaying completion of the program. In addition to waiting to take the master's practicum, students may also be required to take additional coursework to remediate areas of weakness for the student.

Towards the end of the second year in the master's program, students will again complete the annual review process that focusing on advancement to internship. Again, students who do not have high enough ratings on the Master's Annual Review Form, do not successfully complete practicum, and/or who are deemed as lacking in sufficient professional or clinical skill by the faculty will not be placed on internship. The internship form will be used as the evaluation tool for performance while on internship. Students who do not successfully complete internship will not be given the needed paperwork to file for certification. Copies of all forms related to student performance while in the program will be kept in the student's program folder.

In addition to this annual review process, students are expected to create and maintain portfolios representing their performance in the program. Students are required to bring their current portfolio to each annual review. Students will be given instructions on how to create their portfolio and vita in PAES 856, Roles and Functions of School Psychologists. This portfolio will be very helpful for students as they prepare for internship and apply for positions after completion of the program. All faculty, practicum supervisors, and internship supervisors will have access to the information in your portfolio. The faculty will evaluate your portfolio during each annual review. In general, the portfolio should be complete, professional in appearance, well organized, clearly written, and contain the appropriate content for each written component. Your portfolio should begin with a table of contents and should be organized using the format found on the program web site.