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Robert C. Pianta, PhDDr. Pianta's work focuses on policy and practice that enhance children's outcomes, school readiness, and later achievement. He has served on the steering committee and is a study investigator for the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. Dr. Pianta led a team that developed the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), an observation-based system to evaluate teacher effectiveness in the classroom and to improve that teacher's effectiveness with specific supports and mentoring. He is the editor of the Journal of School Psychology and serves on the editorial advisory boards for several journals. |
Positions
- Dean and Novartis Professor of Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Director, National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education, University of Virginia
- Director, Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia
- Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Human Services, University of Virginia
Education
- PhD, 1986, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Psychology
- MA, 1978, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Special Education
Relevant Publications
- Burchinal, M., Vandergrift, N., Pianta, R., & Mashburn, A. (2010). Threshold analysis of association between child care quality and child outcomes for low-income children in pre-kindergarten programs. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(2), 166-176. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.10.004
- Chien, N. C., Howes, C., Burchinal, M., Pianta, R. C., Ritchie, S., Bryant, D. M., ... Barbarin, O. A. (2010). Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten. Child Development, 81(5), 1534-1549. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01490.x
- Crosnoe, R., Morrison, F., Burchinal, M., Pianta, R., Keating, D., Friedman, S. L., & Clarke-Stewart, K. (2010). Instruction, teacher—student relations, and math achievement trajectories in elementary school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(2), 407-417. doi:10.1037/a0017762
- Driscoll, K. C., & Pianta, R. C. (2010). Banking time in head start: Early efficacy of an intervention designed to promote supportive Teacher—Child relationships. Early Education & Development, 21(1), 38-64. doi:10.1080/10409280802657449
- O'Brien, R. H., & Pianta, R. C. (2010). Public and private schools: Do classroom processes vary by school type? Elementary School Journal, 110(3), 409-419. doi:10.1086/648984
Contributed Content
- At What Level Should You Randomly Assign?
- Being Smart Helps; Being Persistent is Essential
- Easing Data Entry with Web-Based Tools
- Explaining Random Assignment
- Getting Access to Schools Takes Time
- I Get to Do Everything I Want to Do
- Increasing Response Rates from Teachers
- Providing Feedback to the Schools
- Random Assignment in Schools
- Start with a Local School System
- Using Incentives with Teachers
