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It is common for supervisors to evaluate their supervisees with a rating form. Despite the importance of supervisor ratings to the training cf counselors and therapists, very little attention has been devoted to the overall reliability (generalizability) of these ratings. This study examined the generalizability of supervisor ratings of counselors-in-training Participants included 23 counselor trainees enrolled in a masters level prepracticum course and 9 doctoral-level counseling supervisors. Ratings of counselor and supervisor effectiveness were collecteM through the use of the Counselor Effectiveness Scale. At the beginning of the term, practicum trainees were randomly assigned to supervisors. Each prepracticum counselor audictaped a counseling session with a volunteer client on each of 6 weeks. Within a week following each counseling session, counselors met with their supervisor3 for a 60 minute supervision session. Following each supervision session, the supervisor rated the effectiveness of the counselor, and the counselor rated the effectiveness of the supervisor. Generalizability analyses were performed. Results showed generalizability of supervisor's ratings of counselor effectiveness were affected more by the number of occasions on which the counselor was rated than by the length of the rating inztrument. Similar findings were observed for counselor ratings of supervisor effectiveness. (ABL) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. **** * ************** * ****