This document discusses how school counselors can use data to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of comprehensive school counseling programs. It presents a four-step process for making data work: design, ask, track, and announce. In the design step, counselors determine what question they want to answer to evaluate their program. In the ask step, they identify what data is needed to answer the question. In the track step, they organize and present the data in charts or graphs. In the announce step, they analyze the results, draw conclusions, and make recommendations for how to improve or modify counseling services based on the findings. The document provides examples for each step and emphasizes that data should be used to show how counseling programs increase student achievement and