Program Evaluation in School Counseling: Improving Comprehensive and Developmental Programs

Program Evaluation in School Counseling is the first book on program evaluation that looks to the field and literature of program evaluation and then relates methods, procedures, and practices back to the practice of school counseling.

Written by two accomplished authors who teamed up to build evaluation capacity among school and school-based counselors internationally, the book highlights their interdisciplinary work, covering many years and several continents. Based on the authors’ model for teaching program evaluation and their research on school counselor competence in program evaluation, this concise, clear, and practical guide supports the continuing professional development of school counselors through training, workshops, and self-study. This book addresses the program evaluation knowledge, skills, and understandings that school-based counselors are expected to use in line with the CACREP 2016 Standards.

The book is intended as a companion text for university courses in research methods and/or in the organization and administration of counseling services. It is also appropriate as a self-study guide to help practicing school counselors develop expertise in evaluation.

Michael S. Trevisan, PhD, is dean of the college of education at Washington State University and professor of educational psychology. He has worked in evaluation for 30+ years and is widely published in the field. He has provided numerous evaluation workshops to school counselors in the US and internationally.

John C. Carey, PhD, is an emeritus professor of school counseling and the associate director of the Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcomes Research at the University of Massachusetts. He is a leader in evidence-based school counseling and has published extensively. He has offered evaluation training for counselors in Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America, and North America.