Program Evaluation: The Accountability Bridge Model for Counselors

The accountability and reform movements in education and the human services professions have pressured counselors to demonstrate outcomes of counseling programs and services. Evaluation models developed for large‐scale evaluations are generally impractical for counselors to implement. Counselors req...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 2007-03, Vol.85 (2), p.162-172
Main Authors: Astramovich, Randall L., Coker, J. Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Conferences
Counseling
Counseling Services
Counselling
Counselling services
Counselor Training
Counselors
Education reform
Educational Change
Efficiency
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Feedback
Human Services
Methods
Outcomes of Education
Practice
Professionals
Program Evaluation
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
Reforms
Research methodology
School counseling
Social services
Sociopolitical factors
Studies
Study and teaching
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Summary:The accountability and reform movements in education and the human services professions have pressured counselors to demonstrate outcomes of counseling programs and services. Evaluation models developed for large‐scale evaluations are generally impractical for counselors to implement. Counselors require practical models to guide them in planning and conducting counseling program evaluations. The authors present the Accountability Bridge Counseling Program Evaluation Model and discuss its use in evaluating counseling services and programs
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00459.x