Appendix D - FACES Components of Classroom Observation

APPENDIX D

COMPONENTS OF THE CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

COMPONENTS OF THE FACES 2009 CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

Measure and Source

Checklist for presence of nine interest areas or centers in the classroom

Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)

Authors of the CLASS: Pianta, R., K. LaParo, and B. Hamre. The Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K Manual. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 2008.

Record for counts of adults and children

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) abbreviated (22 items)

Authors of ECERS-R: Harms, Thelma, Richard Clifford, and Debby Cryer. Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Revised (ECERS-R). New York: Teachers College Press, 1998.

Interviewer ratings of teacher absence, typicality, observer presence affecting quality

NOTE: An additional tool, the Language Interaction Snapshot (LISn; Sprachman et al. 2008) is being considered for pilot testing during the spring 2010 wave but will not be a part of the FACES 2009 observation protocol.