The School Counseling Program Report Card - Student Version is a program
evaluation tool designed to capture high school student perceptions of school
counseling services. This article describes the initial instrument development
process. Exploratory factor analysis (N = 305) yielded a 22-item instrument with
three subscales that mirror the ASCA National Model domains. Reliability of
subscales ranged from α = .89 to .91. Expert review and concurrent validity
tests demonstrated initial support for the use of this program evaluation
instrument to gather process-level data.
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