Assessments & Evaluations

Enhance the growth and development of infants and young children with more than 400 fun, fast, and easy-to-use learning activities -- now in a new edition specially developed to complement ASQ-3®. Perfect for sharing with parents of children who are developing typically or need non intensive support in one or more developmental areas, these playful, developmentally appropriate activities encourage progress in the same five developmental areas as ASQ-3®: communication, gross motor, fine motor,… More »

Give preschool classrooms a strong social-emotional foundation with the Complete TPOT™ (Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool). This tool helps teachers and directors in preschool programs that serve children from 2-5 years old evaluate the social-emotional quality of their programs by measuring how well they cultivate nurturing relationships and bolster social-emotional competence. Programs that use this scale will empower themselves to provide the best possible care because they will know what… More »

Support the social-emotional development of young children through these engaging learning activities, handouts, and additional resources. These books, available in both English and Spanish, provide practical strategies for caregivers of children from birth to 6 years old. Features over 90 age-appropriate activities, nine informative newsletters for parents, and one-page summaries addressing key topics. Includes keycode access inside ASQ online.

Pre-K - 3rd CLASS® 2nd Edition enhanced scoresheets, designed to support effective and efficient observations and data collection. Certified CLASS Observers use score sheets when observing and scoring classrooms. Each booklet contains six observation sheets and one scoring summary sheet for recording notes and scores. Available in packs of 5 booklets, for a total of 30 observation sheets.

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Unpacking the Pyramid Model is an informative, comprehensive guide to creating socially and emotionally sound preschool environments. The book offers a step-by-step overview of the Pyramid Model, which is a developmental framework that promotes social-emotional competence in universal, targeted, and individualized ways. It also includes chapters on building good relationships with families and colleagues that will empower early childhood educators to create the effective workforce necessary to make the Pyramid Model work

Strengthen educators' understanding and practice of CLASS with our easy-to-use guide. Designed to support educators' knowledge and practice of meaningful and effective interactions, this guide helps educators understand: Why interactions are important for children, What children experience when their educators prioritize and enhance specific types of interactions in the learning setting, How to improve interactions in their daily work with children, and How each component (Dimension) is measured by CLASS.

Want to learn to FLIP IT, but can't make it to a training? No problem! Learn to FLIP IT at your own pace and on your own time by choosing the FLIP IT!® Online Course, 2nd Edition. The entire length of the course is approximately 2.5 hours including interaction, reflection, application of skills learned with FLIP IT and a final assessment. Most importantly, this course can be taken module by module and not all in one sitting. Empower yourself and your colleagues by purchasing this course today!… More »

Unpacking the Infant-Toddler Pyramid Model is an informative, comprehensive guide to creating socially and emotionally sound infant-toddler care environments. The book offers a step-by-step overview of the Pyramid Model, which is a developmental framework that promotes social-emotional competence in universal, targeted, and individualized ways. It also includes chapters on practicing self-care and building good relationships with families and colleagues, which will empower caregivers to create the… More »

Introduce teachers to the 10 dimensions of the CLASS® K-3 tool with this concise quick-guide, which includes practical teaching tips for strengthening each of the areas assessed with the popular observational tool. This guide is used with the bestselling CLASS® observational tool that measures interactions between children and teachers -- a primary ingredient of high-quality early educational experiences. With versions for toddler programs and PreK and K-3 classrooms, the reliable and valid… More »

The new third edition of this widely used assessment tool focuses on the full range of needs of infants and toddlers up to 36 months of age and provides a framework for improving the quality of center-based infant/toddler programs. ITERS-3 assesses both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental milestones of infants and toddlers, including: language, cognitive, social-emotional and physical development as well as concern for health and safety. Includes… More »

Pack of 20 LAP™-D Bilingual Scoring booklets.

Each booklet contains 6 observation sheets, 1 scoring summary sheet, and 8 note-taking pages, these are the forms needed to conduct the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS) Infant observation. These forms are part the infant version of the trusted, widely used CLASS® tool, the bestselling classroom observation tool that CLASS® Infant tool was developed for use with children from birth to 18 months and assesses 4 dimensions of teacher-child interactions: relational climate, teacher… More »

Available in packages of 10 booklets, each with 6 observation sheets and 1 scoring summary sheet, these are the forms needed to conduct the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS® ) Toddler observation. These forms are a part of CLASS®, the bestselling classroom observational tool that measures interactions between children and teachers -- a primary ingredient of high-quality early educational experiences. With versions for toddler programs, PreK, and K-3 classrooms, the reliable… More »

Step by step instruction on how to design a quality day care environment. Should be used side by side with ECERS-R™, 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. 441 pages.

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, ECERS-3™ focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and health and safety. ECERS-3™ also includes Items assessing… More »

Available in packages of 5 booklets, each with 6 observation sheets and 1 scoring summary sheet, these are the forms needed to conduct the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS® ) observation. These forms are a part of CLASS®, the bestselling classroom observational tool that measures interactions between children and teachers -- a primary ingredient of high-quality early educational experiences. With versions for toddler programs, PreK (in English and Spanish), and K-3 classrooms,… More »

Building on feedback from the field, as well as current research on supporting young children's development and learning, the authors have revised and updated the widely used Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale®. FCCERS-3 is the next-generation assessment tool for use in home-based child care programs for children from infancy through school age (birth to age 12).FCCERS-3 focuses on the full range of needs of the wide age-range of children often found in family child care programs. Further,… More »

What are the components of high-quality after-school care for children ages 5-12? How can we evaluate these programs? These are the challenges facing caregivers, schools, agencies, and parents as after-school programs proliferate. The School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale®, Updated Edition provides an easy-to-use resource for defining and assessing the quality of both public and private programs caring for school-age children during out-of-school time. This updated, spiral-bound edition is… More »

This widely used program quality assessment instrument is designed for preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 2.5 through 5 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.

This is the Spanish edition of the revised Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale®. FCCERS-3 is the assessment tool for use in home-based child care programs. It is used to assess environments that care for children from infants through school-age (birth to age 12).

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, ECERS-3™ focuses on the full range of needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. This widely used, comprehensive assessment tool measures both environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that affect the broad developmental needs of young children, including cognitive, social-emotional, physical, and health and safety. ECERS-3™ also includes Items assessing… More »

In a translation approved by the authors, this is the Spanish edition of the newly revised Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale® (FCCERS-R). Designed for use in family child care programs, this widely used program quality assessment instrument is suitable for programs serving children from infancy through school-age. Following extensive input from users of the original scale, the authors have made many improvements and innovations that will make this program resource even more effective… More »

ECERS-E™-The Four Curricular Subscales Extension to the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale® (ECERS-R) is an easy-to-use instrument for measuring quality in literacy, mathematics, science, and diversity as observable in pre-school settings. The domains within the scales bear important relationships to children's (ages 3-5) cognitive and social/behavioral developmental outcomes. The ECERS-E™ complements the Early Childhood Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R).