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## [How Your Participants can Avoid "Drift" in CLASS Observations](https://info.teachstone.com/affiliateblog/avoiding-drift-in-class-observations)

 17 Nov 2016

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I have been a CLASS observer and trainer for several years now and I’ve been thinking about the concept of “drift.” Drift happens to people who have passed the reliability test, but over time they start scoring subjectively—they let their biases affect the data.

Topics: [Trainer Tips](https://info.teachstone.com/affiliateblog/topic/trainer-tips) [Read More](https://info.teachstone.com/affiliateblog/avoiding-drift-in-class-observations)

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