TEAM early childhood program scores in top 10 percent nationwide

Who? National statistics were just released, revealing that TEAM’s Head Start & Early Childhood program scored in the top 10 percent nationwide.
TEAM is a private, non-profit human services agency whose mission is to strengthen our communities by educating, supporting, and empowering individuals and families. 
TEAM’s Head Start and Early Childhood initiatives serve low-income and vulnerable young children (prenatal to age 5) and their families throughout the Greater Naugatuck River Valley and Waterbury.

What? The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of Head Start administer the CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) monitoring review on all of its Head Start grantees nationwide. CLASS is a valid and reliable research-based observational instrument that assesses classroom quality, including assessing multiple dimensions of teacher-child interactions that are linked to positive child development and later achievement. CLASS includes three domains (or categories): 1) Emotional Support 2) Classroom Organization 3) Instructional Support. Within each domain are scored dimensions (a scoring range of 1 – 7, and 10 total dimensions within the original 3 domains) that capture more specific details about teachers’ interactions with children – 7 is the ideal/perfect score and 1 is extremely deficient. 
TEAM scored in the top 10 percent nationwide across all three domains for the 2018 federal monitoring that included TEAM and 461 other Head Start programs across the country.