The level of student engagement can vary from student to student, and lesson to lesson so it may be difficult to get a general feel for how engaged a class is as a whole. To that end, Schlechty (2002) also outlined three categories that can be used to measure the level of engagement for an entire classroom.
The Engaged Classroom
The Compliant Classroom
The Off-Task Classroom
Via Beth Dichter, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD, CECI Jean-François, Marcel Lebrun
Love it~ Using it tomorrow. Thx Beth Dichter
Seven Ways to Increase Student Engagement in the Classroom
Great graphic that summarizes things we've all heard before, but helps keep them in mind so we really do utilize them with students.