142 Assessment Tools The Ounce Scale; Pearson Early Learning, San Antonio, TX PALS™ PreK; Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening, Charlottesville, VA Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Pearson, San Antonio, TX Teaching Strategies GOLD™ Birth through Kindergarten; Teaching Strategies,Washington, DC Program Assessment Tools Arnett Caregiver Scales Assessment of Practices in Early Elementary Classrooms (APPEC) Business Administration Scale (BAS) Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Early Childhood Education Quality Improvement Process (ECQUIP) Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales (ECERS-R, ITERS- R, FCCERS-R) Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observations (ELLCO) Preschool Program Quality Assessment (PQA) Program Administration Survey (PAS) WestEd Teach for Success (T4S) Quality Improvement & Accreditation Organizations American Montessori Society 281 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010 (212) 358-1250 http://www.amshq.org/ Association for Christian Schools International 326 S. Wilmot Road Ste. A110 Tucson, AZ 85711 (520) 514-2897 http://www.acsi.org/ Association for Early Learning Leaders (Formerly known as National Association of Child Care Professionals) P.O. Box 982, Christiansburg, VA 24073 (800) 537-1118 http://www.naccp.org/ First Things First: Quality First 4000 N. Central Avenue, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85012 (602) 771-5100 http://www.qualityfirstaz.com/ National Association for the Education of Young Children 1509 16th Street North West Washington D.C. 20036 (800) 424-2460 http://www.naeyc.org/ National Early Childhood Program Accreditation 1029 Railroad Street Conyers, GA 30207 (800) 543-7461 http://www.necpa.net/