TPC-Journal-V2-Issue2

The Professional Counselor \Volume 2, Issue 2 155 these coefficients alphas for the total sample and disaggregated by elementary, middle and high school samples. For the total scale of 115 items, the α of .98 indicated an extraordinarily high degree of internal consistency. The program audit yielded an adequate degree of internal consistency for all 17 sections, ranging from α = .69–.99 for the total sample, with a median α of .89. Table 1 Cronbach’s Alpha of ASCA National Model (2005) Program Audit Section # of Items Audit Section Title α Total ( n = 113) α Elementary ( n = 78) α Middle ( n = 17) α High ( n = 18) All 115 Total Audit Score .98 .93 .93 .96 I 10 Beliefs and Philosophy .94 .93 .94 .96 II 7 Mission of School Counseling Programs .97 .97 .85 .98 III 5 Domains and Goals .88 .88 .85 .91 IV 5 ASCA National Standards/Competencies .89 .89 .89 .89 V 6 Guidance Curriculum .74 .76 .76 .73 VI 6 Individual Student Planning .88 .88 .86 .80 VII 9 Responsive Services .84 .85 .88 .74 VIII 4 System Support .69 .72 .65 .37 IX 4 School Counselor/ Administrator Agreements .78 .82 .85 .69 X 4 Advisory Council .99 .99 .98 .98 XI 7 Use of Data and Student Monitoring .90 .90 .84 .74 XII 4 Use of Data and Closing the Gap .90 .91 .86 .86 XIII 11 Action Plans .93 .92 .92 .95 XIV 8 Use of Time/Calendar .84 .85 .85 .66 XV 12 Results Report .95 .96 .92 .92 XVI 7 Counselor Performance Standards .96 .96 .89 .98 XVII 8 Program Audit .86 .88 .84 .78 M(SD) Total Audit Score — 215.1(66.3) 222.4(53.7) 243.6(47.5) Correlation coefficients were calculated between the predictor and outcome variables and presented in Table 2 for the elementary and middle schools, and Table 3 for the high school samples. A cursory inspection of the outcome variables indicates strong intercorrelations, yielding magnitudes of r >.50 in all instances, which are large effect sizes. Correlations between the program audit predictor variable and outcome measures at the elementary and middle school levels were not significant (p > .05, see Table 2) and yielded small effect sizes ranging from .10 to .20 (adjusted for directional effects).