The Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS): Preliminary reliability and validity of a system for observing preschoolers' competence in classroom interactions

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Downer, Jason T ^a   Booren, Leslie M ^a   Lima, Olivia K ^b   Luckner, Amy E ^c   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classroom interactions; Observation; Psychometric properties; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450235269     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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