Access, Equity, & Impact: The Story of CLASS 2nd Edition

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today&rsquo;s episode of Impacting the Classroom, you&rsquo;ll hear about exciting news coming to the world of quality assessment and improvement. In March, Teachstone announced an enhancement to its tool, the CLASS assessment tool. CLASS 2nd Edition will be available starting this next school year.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today&rsquo;s guests are two members of the team that helped bring the vision of CLASS 2nd Edition come to life, Grace Funk, Teachstone&rsquo;s Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Katie Twilley, Director of Product Management: Assessment and CQI. Listen to the episode to learn what&rsquo;s new in CLASS 2</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">nd</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> edition, find out their favorite parts of the new CLASS, and discuss how it will make a difference for children and educators.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed in This Episode</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /><br /></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:00:26] CLASS 2</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">nd</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Edition</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:00:43] Today&rsquo;s guests</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:01:06] What CLASS is and what it&rsquo;s for&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:01:57] What&rsquo;s new about CLASS second edition</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:05:31] Favorite things about CLASS second edition</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:10:00] Separating the class manual into a manual set and field guide&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight