A comparison of counseled and noncounseled industrial school students

Abstract

A group of 69 industrial school students counseled by Veterans Administration counselors were compared with 468 non-counseled students. The two groups were similar in age, education, test performance, and number of courses taken. The two criterion measures—persistence in school and course grades—failed to indicate any differences between the two groups. These negative results are compared with the results of other studies reporting significant effects that were attributed to counseling. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)