ACF OPRE: Performance Measures for Head Start Programs Serving Infants and Toddlers

Instrument	Domains	Age Range	Assessment Type	Initial Material Cost	Reliability	Validity	Norming Sample	Ease of Administration & Scoring
Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale	Child care quality	0 - 5.5 years	2	1	3	3	1	3
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Toddler and Pre-K	Child care quality	15-60 months	2	3	3	2	1	3
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised	Child care quality	2.5-5 years	2	1	3	1	1	3
Early Head Start Evaluation--Parent Services Interviews	Program services	NA	3	1	1	1	1	1
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition (FCCERS-R)	Child care quality	0-12 years	2,3	1	3	1	1	3
Head Start Family Information System b	Program services, including home visit documentation	NA	3	1	1	1	1	3
Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS) and Home Visit Rating Scales-Adapted (HOVRS-A)	Program quality	0-2 years	2	1	3	1	1	3
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale Revised Edition (ITERS-R)	Child care quality	0-2.5 years	2,3	1	3	3	1	3
National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation Criteria	Child care quality	NA	3	1	3	NA	NA	1
The Parent-Caregiver Relationship Scale (PCRS)	Program quality	2-24 months	3	1	3	2	1	2
Program Implementation Checklist and Rating Scales Developed for the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project	Program quality	NA	3	1	1	NA	1	3
Program Review Instrument for Systems Monitoring (PRISM), 2002	Program quality	NA	2,3	1	1	1	1	1

KEY
Assessment Type 1 = Direct assessment 2 = Observation 3 = Parent/self report	Initial Material Cost 1 = Under $100 2 = $100 to $200 3 = More than $200	Reliability 1 = None described 2 = Under .65 3 = .65 or higher	Validity 1 = None described 2 = Under .5 for concurrent; under .4 for predictive 3 = .5 or higher for concurrent; .4 or higher for predictive
Norming sample 1 = None described 2 = Older than 15 years, not nationally representative or representative of EHS population 3 = Normed within past 15 years, nationally representative or representative of EHS population
Ease of administration and scoring 1 = Not described 2 = Self-administered or administered and scored by someone with basic clerical skills 3 = Administered and scored by a highly trained individual
a The information included in this table was drawn from the manuals or other resources available from the authors and publishers of the instruments. Individual users may have different experiences. (back) b The HSFIS is a management information system. It also includes measures of home-based service use and forms for tracking child and family outcomes. (back)