Robert C. Pianta
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Robert C. Pianta

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Bob Pianta is the Batten Bicentennial Professor of Education, professor of psychology, and founding director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia. His research and policy interests focus on the intersection of education and human development. Bob’s work has advanced theory and measurement focused on teacher-student relationships and their contributions to students’ learning and development. He is the lead author of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, or CLASS, a tool for observing teacher-student interactions used in classrooms serving children and adolescents from birth to high school. The CLASS and associated interventions have helped teachers interact with students more effectively and are used widely in the United States and around the world.

Bob began his career as a special education teacher and joined the University of Virginia faculty in 1986. He is the past editor of the Journal of School Psychology and associate editor for AERA Open. An internationally recognized expert in both early childhood education and K-12 teaching and learning, he regularly consults with federal agencies, foundations, universities, and governments. Bob received the 2025 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education award from the American Education Research Association (AERA) was named an AERA Fellow in 2011. In 2023 he was elected to the National Academy of Education; in 2024 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stavanger; and received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota in 2016. Bob served as dean of the UVA School of Education of Human Development from 2007-2022 and remains a member of the UVA faculty.
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