Classroom Coach: Validation of a New Preschool Classroom Quality Measurement (Poster 29)

• In Event: Friday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Division D Poster Session 2

Abstract

HighScope developed and validated Classroom Coach to evaluate the quality of preschool classrooms. The assessment is made up of one form across three Sections: 1. Learning Environment; 2. Teaching and Learning Routines and Adult-Child Interactions; 3. Curriculum, Planning, Assessment, and Family Engagement. Assessors assign a level from 1 (no or poor quality) to 4 (highest quality) for each row. The rows are summed to produce an aggregate score for each section. Each section is then assigned a performance level of Low, Medium Low, Medium High, or High. Program administrators are able to see where each classroom lies along the continuum of quality and use the results along with the strategy guide to systematically plan school improvement goals and objectives.

Authors

• Jeffrey Allan Beal, HighScope Educational Research Foundation

• Jill Claxton, HighScope Educational Research Foundation