Your company is still consulting with Pathway High School, an alternative high school for students who have been unsuccessful in their original school due to challenging behavior. Remember that Pathway hired your company 6 months ago to implement a School-Wide Positive Behavioral Support (SWPBS) program.

Read the assigned web article - "Measurement Counts! Why Do We Measure? And How?" before you answer this discussion topic. You can access the article in the reading section of this unit or through the following link:

http://www.performancexpress.org/0307/mainframe0307.html#title8

In your own words, define the three reasons given for gathering data. Explain how each of these applies to Pathway High School's Positive Behavioral Support Program.