What does the domain of Emotional Support include? What do classrooms that score in the high-range look like?ĬLASS®-reliable reviewers are trained and certified as CLASS® observers through Teachstone, the organization that provides training in CLASS®. Reviewers do not have access to the grantee level score during or after the review. The dimension scores are then used to calculate the grantee-level domain scores. After the review OHSMS averages the scores across the grantee to result in grantee-level dimension scores.

Scores of 6-7 mean that effective teacher-child interactions are consistently observed throughout the observation period.ĭuring the CLASS® observation reviewers independently review and score each classroom using a computer-based scoring system in the Office of Head Start Monitoring Software (OHSMS).

Scores of 3-5, the mid-range, are given when classrooms show a mix of effective interactions with periods when interactions are not effective or are absent.

Classrooms in which there is poor management of behavior, teaching that is purely rote, or that lack interaction between teachers and children would receive low scores.

Scores of 1-2 mean the quality of teacher-child interactions is low.

Following their observations of teacher-child interactions, CLASS® observers rate each dimension on a 7-point scale, from low to high. CLASS® is scored by trained and certified observers using a specific protocol.

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