Assessing Classroom Management Practices: Setting the Stage for Effective and Equitable Intervention

Abstract

This introduction to the special series, “Assessing Classroom Management Practices: Setting the Stage for Effective and Equitable Intervention” overviews the importance of classroom management and how the field defines classroom management and previews the articles included in this special issue. The purpose of the special issue was to provide readers with wide-ranging assessment tools, their strengths, and weaknesses used to assess classroom management practices. This extends to how researchers analyze classroom management data and novel approaches to analyses. Readers will see the special issue leads with a thorough meta-analysis of existing classroom management assessment tools, followed by descriptions of other tools and related practices.