Researchers documented teachers’ behavior management by
observing each teacher in the classroom in the fall and spring of the
academic year and rating the teacher’s behavior management skill
using the seven-point behavior management dimension within
the Classroom Assessment Scoring System-PreK (CLASS; Pianta et al.,
2008). The CLASS focuses on relational processes between teachers
and children and was developed through extensive classroom
observation work in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (Pianta
et al., 2008).