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Infusing Trauma-Informed Practices into Early Childhood Education Programs

The Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) is an observational instrument which is used to assess classroom quality. See the full chart below.

February 28, 2017
What is CLASS®?

The Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) is an observational instrument which is used to assess classroom quality. It describes three dimensions of teaching that are linked to student achievement and development: Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support. Within each domain are dimensions which capture more specific details about teachers' interaction with children.  (http://teachstone.com/classroom-assessment-scoring-system/)

CLASS® observers rate each dimension on a 7-point scale, and each observers are trained and certified by the institution. We performed paired-T test to see the whether there is a significant change pre and post intervention and what direction is the change within each dimension. Red diamonds over each bar indicate its significance level. Deeper red means significant at α=0.01, lighter red shows significant at α=0.05.

What is our result
Created with Highcharts 10.2.0CLASS scorePre- and Post-Intervention CLASS ScoresTrauma-Informed Practices in Classrooms (see notes for explanation)Pre-Emotional Support DomainPost-Emotional Support DomainPre-Classroom Organization DomainPost-Classroom Organization DomainPre-Instructional Support DomainPost-Instructional Support DomainPre-Positive classroom climatePost-Positive classroom climatePre-Behavior managementPost-Behavior managementPre-Concept developmentPost-Concept developmentPre-Negative classroom climatePost-Negative classroom climatePre-ProductivityPost-ProductivityPre-Quality of feedbackPost-Quality of feedbackPre-Teacher sensitivityPost-Teacher sensitivityPre-Instructional learning formatsPost-Instructional learning formatsLanguage modelingPost-Language modelingPre-Respect for student perspectivePost-Respect for student perspectiveSignificance LevelEmotional Support DomainClassroom organization DomainInstructional Support Domain02468Highcharts.comEmotional Support Domain Pre-Emotional Support Domain: 5.23 Post-Emotional Support Domain: 5.96 Pre-Classroom Organization Domain: 0 Post-Classroom Organization Domain: 0 Pre-Instructional Support Domain: 0 Post-Instructional Support Domain: 0 Pre-Positive classroom climate: 5.25 Post-Positive classroom climate: 6.04 Pre-Behavior management: 0 Post-Behavior management: 0 Pre-Concept development: 0 Post-Concept development: 0 Pre-Negative classroom climate: 1.42 Post-Negative classroom climate: 1.17 Pre-Productivity: 0 Post-Productivity: 0 Pre-Quality of feedback: 0 Post-Quality of feedback: 0 Pre-Teacher sensitivity: 5.25 Post-Teacher sensitivity: 6 Pre-Instructional learning formats: 0 Post-Instructional learning formats: 0 Language modeling: 0 Post-Language modeling: 0 Pre-Respect for student perspective: 3.82 Post-Respect for student perspective: 4.94
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