Fiscal Year 2025 Monitoring Process for Head Start Recipients
Log Number: ACF-OHS-IM-24-07 | Issuance Date: 11-08-2024
Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Check out Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) resources to learn about the observational tool used to assess pre-K classroom quality in three domains: Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support
Final Rule to Delay Effective Date for Increasing the CLASS Instructional Support Domain Competitive Threshold
Log Number: ACF-OHS-PI-24-07 | Issuance Date: 11/06/2024
Fiscal Year 2024 Monitoring Process for Head Start Recipients
Log Number: ACF-IM-HS-23-04 | Issuance Date: 07-11-2023
CLASS QI for Instructional Support
Check out these resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Instructional Support domain.
ELOF Effective Practice Guide/CLASS Pre-K Crosswalk
Check out the crosswalk to learn about domain-specific teaching practices that support children’s development. The guides show what these practices look like in early learning settings.
CLASS Quality Improvement
Explore the resources on this page to find information useful to directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and others who want to improve the quality of instruction for children in Head Start programs.
Learn More About the CLASS
Check out these resources to learn more about the CLASS® tool, Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support domains, and resources that support effective teacher-child interactions across all domains.
Head Start and CLASS Quality Improvement
Learn more about how the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS): Pre-K® observation tool helps improve teacher-child interactions program quality and child outcome.
CLASS QI for Emotional Support
Check out this collection of resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use these resources to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Emotional Support domain.
CLASS QI for Classroom Organization
Check out these resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Classroom Organization domain.