Features of the CES
Purpose: Evaluate the effects of course content, teaching methods, teacher personality, class composition, and characteristics of the overall classroom environment.
Length: 90 items
Average completion time: 15 minutes
Target population: Middle school classrooms or higher grade level classrooms
Administration: For group administration
Uses of the CES
- Diagnose problems
- Monitor and promote change and program improvement
- Appraise and improve leadership
- Evaluate the impact of intervention programs for individuals and classrooms
- Research and program evaluation.
Scales
The 90 items of the CES are grouped into nine subscales with three dimensions.
Relationship Dimension
Three subscales tap the degree of student attentiveness, interest and participation in class activities, as well as the concern and friendship students feel for one another, and the amount of help, trust and friendship the teacher shows for students.
Involvement
Affiliation
Teacher Support
Personal Growth/Goal Orientation
Two subscales measure the emphasis on completing planned activities and staying on the subject matter as well as how much the students compete with one another for grades and recognition and how hard it is to achieve good grades.
Task Orientation
Competition
System Maintenance and Change
Order and Organization: assesses the emphasis on students behaving in an orderly and polite manner and on the organization of assignments and activities.
Rule Clarity: reflects how much emphasis is placed on establishing clear rules, consequences of misbehaving, and the extent to which the teacher is consistent in dealing with rule-breakers.
Teacher Control: measures how strict the teacher is in enforcing rules, the severity of punishment, and how much students get into trouble in the class.
Innovation: assesses how much students contribute to planning classroom activities, and the extent that the teacher uses new techniques and encourages creative thinking.
From the Manual
"Although many applications of the CES focus on aggregate scores and on the classroom itself, the CES can also help educational consultants and others whose primary interest is the individual, not the classroom as such.
"An individual profile reveals how a student views the classroom and his or her place in it. Unlike most assessment procedures, which may describe characteristics such as intelligence, personality, or interests, an individual CES profile reveals a person’s perceptions. Thus, as a source of unique information about the individual, the CES can enhance student assessment."
-- Rudolf Moos & Edison Trickett, Classroom Environment Scale Manual
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