A statewide evaluation of school counseling programs in Utah high schools explored which features of the ASCA National Model were related to student educational outcomes. The authors used hierarchical linear regression and Pearson correlations to examine relationships between program characteristics and student outcomes. School counseling program features accounted for statistically significant portions of the variance in critical student outcomes. Results provide additional support to previous studies that found benefits for students associated with more complete implementation of comprehensive school counseling programs. These findings also indicate that implementing features of the ASCA National Model is associated with improved student outcomes.
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