Predictors of Success on the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination

✍ Scribed by E. A. Schmidt; Linda E. Homeyer; John L. Walker

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 118 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-0035
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2009.tb00077.x

✦ Synopsis

This study examined the relationship between 403 counseling graduate students' scores on the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE; Center for Credentialing and Education, n.d.) and 3 admissions requirements used as predictor variables: undergraduate grade point average (UGPA), Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test Verbal Reasoning (GRE‐V) score, and GRE General Test Quantitative Reasoning (GRE‐Q) score. Multiple regression analyses revealed that all predictor variables accounted for somewhat limited, yet significant variations in the CPCE‐Total scores (R^2^ = .21). Results indicated that UGPAs, GRE‐V scores, and GRE‐Q scores are valid criteria for determining counseling graduate student success on the CPCE.