Environment Rating Scale Institute (ERSI)
Offer data collection services using assessors who are highly reliable.The provision of accurate, detailed Summary Reports is available as part of this service. We offer consultation on the use of the ERS in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, to maximize the benefits through informed decision-making while avoiding common pitfalls that harm the credibility of the system.
Classroom Interactions Matter
Lesson plans impact learning. A classroom’s physical environment makes a difference. But what about the ways teachers relate and interact with children? Educators have long sensed that classroom interactions were important, but only recently do we have the research to prove it. Now we know that children in warm, supportive classrooms show measurable cognitive and social gains—today and for the rest of their lives. It turns out interactions really do matter.
