Assesment Resources
All About the ECERS-R
Description: This widely used program quality assessment instrument is designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children two through five years of age. It can be used by program directors for supervision and program improvement, by teaching staff for self-assessment, by agency staff for monitoring, and in teacher training programs. The established reliability and validity of the ECERS-R make it particularly useful for research and program evaluation.
All About the ECERS - Detailed Guide
Description: This step-by-step instruction on how to design a quality child care environment should be used side by side with ECERS-R, which is the scale used to develop and quantify quality standards in the USA, Canada, and abroad. Includes The How, What and Why for each indicator, seven sub-scale items, step-by-step instructions, and over 700 color photos.
All About the ITERS
Description: Designed especially for infant/toddler programs, this comprehensive rating scale helps you make improvements to your existing program, develop a new program or prepare for accreditation. The rating scale helps you assess and score over 30 key environment criteria—from health and safety to furnishings, routines, interaction, and more. The 39-page book tells you how to observe the environment, evaluate criteria and accurately determine your score.
All About the ITERS - Detailed Guide
Description: This resource guide should be used with the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-revised (ITERS-R) edition. It explains why each item is important, what is needed to meet the requirements for all items, and how to score. Over 800 color photographs taken in child care settings are presented in this text of 465 pages. There is also a classroom list to correlate with ITERS-R.
ASQ: SE2 Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional
Description: The ASQ:SE-2™ questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for social-emotional issues in the first six years of life. Now in a new second edition, the nine age-appropriate questionnaires (2, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 48, and 60 months) effectively screen seven key social-emotional areas: self-regulation, compliance, adaptive functioning, autonomy, affect, social-communication, and interaction with people. Includes photocopiable master copies on paper and printable PDF master copies on CD-ROM. Choose English or Spanish.
Business Administration Scale- Family Child Care
Description: The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings. It is applicable for multiple uses, including program self-improvement, technical assistance and monitoring, training, research and evaluation, and public awareness. It is currently embedded in many state quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) across the nation.
CLASS Manual- Infant
Description: With the infant version of the trusted, widely used CLASS® tool, early childhood programs have an accurate and reliable way to assess teacher-infant interactions, a primary component of positive early experiences. Developed for use with children from birth to 18 months, the CLASS® Infant tool specifically focuses on how teachers engage with infants and support their learning and development during everyday routines and activities. With clear guidance and background information, this manual gives you a comprehensive introduction to the CLASS® Infant tool and how to use it effectively. You'll see how this standardized tool assess four dimensions of teacher-child interactions, establishes an accurate picture of interactions through repeated observation and scoring cycles, and highlights areas of strength and areas for growth.
CLASS Manual- Pre-K
Description: Effective teacher-student interactions are a primary ingredient of high-quality early educational experiences. With the popular CLASS® observational tool, schools can accurately assess classroom quality in pre-kindergarten based on teacher-student interactions rather than the physical environment or a specific curriculum.
CLASS Manual - Toddler
Description: The toddler version of the CLASS® tool provides early childhood programs with an accurate, reliable way to assess effective classrooms. For use with children from 15-36 months, this standardized observation tool measures the effectiveness of interactions between teachers and children, a primary ingredient of early educational experiences that prepare children for future school success.
Coaching with ECERS- Tools to Improve Quality
Description: Presents best practices for coaches to use in their work with teachers and administrators to help them improve classrooms and teaching practices. The author includes guidance and activities for facilitating group meetings, professional learning communities, and staff workshops. Appropriate for use with ECERS-R and ECERS-3.
Creating Portfolios with Kids in Out of School Programs
Description: New tools for tuning in to the needs and interests of school-age children. The book includes: Developmental Checklists for three different age groups (five- to seven-year-olds, eight- to 10-year-olds, and 11- and 12-year-olds). Guidelines for conducting and documenting observations of individual children and youth in school-age programs. Tips for collecting representative items to build individual Portfolios with children Ideas for using Portfolios throughout the year to build a representative record of individual of children s work and play for use by staff, children and youth, and parents. Ideas for sharing Portfolios with parents who don t have an opportunity to see their children in action in programs.
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale
Description: Designed especially for family child care programs, this comprehensive rating scale helps you make improvements to your existing program, develop a new program or prepare for accreditation. The rating scale helps you assess and score over 30 key environment criteria—from the physical environment to safety, social development, activities and more. The 39-page book tells you how to observe the environment, evaluate criteria and accurately determine your score.
Program Administration Scale
Description: Using a seven-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 25 items grouped into 10 categories: human resources development, personnel cost and allocation, center operations, child assessment, fiscal management, program planning and evaluation, family partnerships, marketing and public relations, technology, and staff qualifications.
School Age Care Environment Rating Scale
Description: Designed especially for school-age programs, our comprehensive rating scale helps you make improvements to your existing program, develop a new program or prepare for accreditation! The rating scale helps you assess and score over 40 key environment criteria—from furnishings and program structure to health, activities, interaction and more. The 40-page book tells you how to observe the environment, evaluate criteria and accurately determine your score.