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About the inCLASS

The Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS) is:
• An observational assessment of young children's competence during everyday interactions with teachers, peers, and tasks in preschool and kindergarten classroom environments (formerly called the CLASS-C).
• About targeting aspects of young children's adjustment in the classroom with established links to school readiness and successful adaptation to early schooling.
• Designed so that both researchers and teachers will be able to use observations in order to better understand children's behavior in key interactions within early classroom environments.

What does the inCLASS measure?

• The inCLASS measures children’s interactions within 3 broad domains.
• The domains generally apply to the 3-5 year-old age group and include several specific dimensions of classroom interactions.
• Along with the domains, classroom activity setting information is also collected as part of the inCLASS measure.

The 3 inCLASS domains are:

Teacher Interactions Peer Interactions Task Orientation
The Teacher Interactions domain encompasses any interactions with adults in the classroom environment. The Peer Interactions domain encompasses any interactions with other children in the classroom environment. The Task Orientation domain encompasses how children organize themselves around tasks and learning activities in the classroom environment, including the ability to control their own behavior.
Dimensions within Teacher Interactions: Dimensions within Peer Interactions Dimensions within Task Orientation
Positive Engagement With Teacher Peer Sociability Engagement Within Task
Teacher Communication Peer Communications Self-Reliance
Teacher Conflict Peer Assertiveness Behavior Control
  Peer Conflict  
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The inCLASS is part of the Interagency Consortium for School Readiness Outcome Measures (ICSROM) and co-funded by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education. The inCLASS is part of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia.