Suppose you are evaluating the effectiveness of your strengths-based school social work tutoring services in the improvement of the likelihood that your at-risk middle school students will graduate from high school. You will provide your services in hourly sessions that are given three times per week for 8 weeks. These tutoring sessions will be offered by school social workers with the BSW degree. The students’ grades in school will be measured as the outcome of the service. What of the following would be the best way to characterize the objective of this service?

A. to improve the likelihood that the clients will graduate from high school
B. to improve the grades of the clients
C. to offer good quality services
D. to provide strengths-based school social work tutoring services in hourly sessions that are given three times per week for 8 weeks


Ans: B

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