"Quality of Feedback assesses the degree to which the teacher provides feedback that expands learning and understanding and encourages continued participation."

-CLASS Manual, page 69

Quality of feedback is included in the instructional support domain. The observers are looking to see lots of back and forth conversations between teachers and students. This should be included in all aspects of the day including morning meeting, transitions, whole group, and small group.

Scaffolding

• Hints
• Assistance

Feedback loops

• Back-and-forth exchanges
• Persistence by teacher
• Follow-up questions

Prompting thought processes

• Asks students to explain thinking
• Queries responses and actions

Providing information

• Expansion
• Clarification
• Specific feedback

Encouragement and affirmation

• Recognition
• Reinforcement
• Student persistence

• Often scaffolds for students who are having a hard time understanding a concept, answering a question, or completing an activity

• Have frequent feedback loops-back and forth exchanges- between the teachers and students
• Often queries the students or prompts to explain their thinking and rationale for responses and actions (why and how questions)

• Often provides additional information to expand on students' understanding or actions.
  
• Provides encouragement of students' efforts that increase their involvement and persistance